NEW DELHI: The United Progressive Alliance Government on Wednesday told the Left parties that any move to bring a "sense of the House" resolution in Parliament on the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal would spell the "end of the Government."

Sources privy to the discussion said the unambiguous message was communicated to the leaders of the Left parties in Parliament by Defence Minister and Leader of the Lok Sabha Pranab Mukherjee, during a meeting on the issue. UPA's political managers including Parliamentary Affairs Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi, Suresh Pachauri and V. Narayanswamy were present.

The sources said that Mr. Mukherjee made it clear that in case the Left parties went ahead and moved a resolution then "I am not in the Government and the Government would not be there.''

Later, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat said the resolution would provide a framework on which the nuclear agreement can proceed.

Mr. Karat told The Hindu that the suo motu statement made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would not be good enough. While the CPI(M) was not holding out any threat to the Government, it was making its position clear, he said.

Top political sources said the Government stand was formulated following reports that the Left parties were seeking to bring the resolution that would effectively constrict the Government's negotiating space. The Government's view was that the resolution would be tantamount to a no-confidence move.

The CPI (M) has already issued an exhaustive note on its stand on the nuclear issue and circulated it to other parties.

The Government's objection also arose from reports that the Bharatiya Janata Party was among the parties, which could join hands in getting such a resolution passed.

BJP leaders, however, later indicated that they were distancing themselves from the resolution. Senior leaders said such a move might not be necessary following Dr. Singh's statement.

At a regular briefing, CPI (M) Polit Bureau member and MP, Sitaram Yechury, said they were consulting other political parties and asking them to share their concern on the ``shifting of goalposts'' in the nuclear deal.

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