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Left leaders tell Prime Minister that it will be difficult to support the pact Issue could be discussed: Congress spokesperson
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday said it was confident that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Government would be able to convince the Left parties that the steps taken to finalise the 123 nuclear agreement with the United States was in the “best interests of the nation.” A day after four Left parties made it clear that they were “unable to accept” the agreement, the Congress said this stand should not be construed as an ultimatum to the Government. “There is absolutely no question of the Government being destabilised, it will last its term...we don’t think the statement of the Left is an ultimatum to the Government. We are confident that the Prime Minister and the Government will be able to convince the Left that the steps were taken in the best interests of the nation,” Congress spokesperson Jayanti Natarajan told journalists. The Congress reaction came after Dr. Singh spoke to Left leaders, following their public stand on the 123 agreement. Dr. Singh called up Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat and Communist Party of India general secretary A.B. Bardhan and national secretary D. Raja on Tuesday night to ascertain their stand. He sought to know their views. The Left leaders said they told the Prime Minister that it would be difficult to support the agreement and that it was to be seen in the larger context of the India-U.S. ties in other spheres. Ms. Natarajan said while the Left parties had the right to have their views on the agreement, these could be discussed. On their suggestion that a constitutional amendment be made to make Parliament ratification mandatory for treaties and certain bilateral agreements, she said it was a complex issue having national and international ramifications. It was for the United Progressive Alliance to take a view. Asked whether the 123-agreement could be re-negotiated, she said the Prime Minister had spelt out the pact’s contours. The Left parties would meet here on Friday to finalise their strategy for the monsoon session, including the tactics to be adopted on the nuclear debate in the wake of the Opposition’s move to force a vote in the Lok Sabha.
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