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Support to UPA will last till coalition sticks CMP: Karat “Deal will result in India losing its foreign policy independence” 
JOINT ATTACK: CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat and CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan at a public meeting in Mumbai on Thursday. MUMBAI: CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat said here on Thursday that the Left parties were firmly against the India-U.S. nuclear deal and would not allow India to be a junior partner of the United States. Mr. Karat told a public meeting that the deal that could hurt India on every count, would not go through so long as the Left parties were around and their support to the UPA government would last till the coalition stuck to the Common Minimum Programme. He said that the nuclear deal was a part of comprehensive strategic and military relations that the U.S. wanted to have with India which could ultimately result in India yielding even military bases to the Americans for placing missiles aimed at Russia and China pushing India into a dangerous situation. “Why should we go and patrol the Strait of Malacca?” he asked and regretted that U.S.S. Nimitz, the American aircraft-carrier, which was instrumental in killing so many innocent people in Iraq, was anchored in the Indian waters. Mr. Karat sharply criticised the claims that the deal was necessary for augmenting power supply. “They have not answered us on the question of the cost of a nuclear power plant that could be set up under the deal and also the price of the power and who would be using the power,” he said underscoring that the deal would result in many Enrons. The Left leader also warned that the deal would pave the way for the entry of American entities such as Wal-Mart and they could come under the garb of an Indian name or collaboration. CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan ridiculed the claim made by the government that the deal was still on. He said, “continuous switching on and off can result in short circuit and black-out.” He said the deal would result in India losing its foreign policy independence and wondered if this was the freedom for which the country fought so hard and for so long. Mr. Bardhan said that both Iran and Iraq were traditional friends who had supported India during its wars with Pakistan. India should not turn against them under the U.S. pressure.
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