10-24-2007, 09:21 PM
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Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
As a weary Left gave expression to its suspicion of the UPA Government's approach towards the nuclear deal impasse by moving closer to the Third Front, alarm bells have started ringing in the Congress camp.
Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and convener of the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday gave a hint about the realignment of political forces in the days to come when he told mediapersons that the Third Front constituents and the Left parties were "together on the issue inside and outside Parliament".
Talking in the language of the Left, Naidu asked the Government not to go ahead with the deal against the "mood of Parliament".
Coming after two days of hectic consultations with senior Left leaders in New Delhi, Naidu's remarks assumed a special significance as the UNPA had till recently demanding setting up of a Joint Parliamentary Committee on the nuclear deal in tune with the BJP.
The new stance is almost similar to that of the Left parties that have been talking of the Government honouring the sense of the Parliament and showed that they do not want to be seen in the company of BJP.
<b>It is not a coincidence that the shift came on a day when the BJP said that it would press for voting on nuclear deal issue if the Parliament is convened. </b>
Reports had it that plans are afoot for a brief winter session soon after Diwali. Equally significant is the fact that Naidu's remarks came after talks with Left leaders--CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Tuesday and his party colleague Sitaram Yechury, along with CPI general secretary AB Bardhan and secretary D Raja on Wednesday.
Reports had it that plans are afoot for a brief winter session soon after Diwali. Equally significant is the fact that Naidu's remarks came after talks with Left leaders--CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Tuesday and his party colleague Sitaram Yechury, along with CPI general secretary AB Bardhan and secretary D Raja on Wednesday.
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RSP leader TJ Chandrachudan in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday clearly articulated the Left's suspicion of the Congress stratagem when he said that the UPA Government appeared reluctant of giving in on the nuclear deal issue.
<b>Chandrachudan, who is on the 15-member UPA-Left panel that failed to resolve the impasse at its last meeting on October 22, said: "The meetings are progressing like parallel rail tracks with no meeting point."</b>
He alleged that the Congress leadership was not showing statesmanship to overcome the crisis and continued to insist that it was a diplomatic, honourable and scientific deal from which the country stood to benefit.
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Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
As a weary Left gave expression to its suspicion of the UPA Government's approach towards the nuclear deal impasse by moving closer to the Third Front, alarm bells have started ringing in the Congress camp.
Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and convener of the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday gave a hint about the realignment of political forces in the days to come when he told mediapersons that the Third Front constituents and the Left parties were "together on the issue inside and outside Parliament".
Talking in the language of the Left, Naidu asked the Government not to go ahead with the deal against the "mood of Parliament".
Coming after two days of hectic consultations with senior Left leaders in New Delhi, Naidu's remarks assumed a special significance as the UNPA had till recently demanding setting up of a Joint Parliamentary Committee on the nuclear deal in tune with the BJP.
The new stance is almost similar to that of the Left parties that have been talking of the Government honouring the sense of the Parliament and showed that they do not want to be seen in the company of BJP.
<b>It is not a coincidence that the shift came on a day when the BJP said that it would press for voting on nuclear deal issue if the Parliament is convened. </b>
Reports had it that plans are afoot for a brief winter session soon after Diwali. Equally significant is the fact that Naidu's remarks came after talks with Left leaders--CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Tuesday and his party colleague Sitaram Yechury, along with CPI general secretary AB Bardhan and secretary D Raja on Wednesday.
Reports had it that plans are afoot for a brief winter session soon after Diwali. Equally significant is the fact that Naidu's remarks came after talks with Left leaders--CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Tuesday and his party colleague Sitaram Yechury, along with CPI general secretary AB Bardhan and secretary D Raja on Wednesday.
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RSP leader TJ Chandrachudan in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday clearly articulated the Left's suspicion of the Congress stratagem when he said that the UPA Government appeared reluctant of giving in on the nuclear deal issue.
<b>Chandrachudan, who is on the 15-member UPA-Left panel that failed to resolve the impasse at its last meeting on October 22, said: "The meetings are progressing like parallel rail tracks with no meeting point."</b>
He alleged that the Congress leadership was not showing statesmanship to overcome the crisis and continued to insist that it was a diplomatic, honourable and scientific deal from which the country stood to benefit.
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