மத்திய ஆட்சியை கவிழ்க்க சீன ஏஜண்டுகள் நாள் குறிப்பு!

அமெரிக்காவுடன் இந்தியா நட்புகொண்டுவிடும் என்று அஞ்சும் சீன ஏஜண்டுகள் இந்தியாவின் மத்திய ஆட்சியை கவிழ்க்க முடிவு செய்துவிட்டார்கள் என்று செய்திகள் தெரிவிக்கின்றன.

Countdown begins, Left all set to dump Govt
CNN-IBN

Published on Thursday , October 04, 2007 at 23:05 in Nation section

New Delhi: The UPA Government’s relationship with the Left Front is likely to get worse as the communists suspect the Government is taking steps to ‘operationalise’ the Indo-US nuclear agreement.

Sources in the four-party Left Front have told CNN-IBN they are getting every indication that the Government is going ahead with the draft of the nuclear safeguards agreement with the Indian Atomic Energy Agency. Left parties say if that happens they cannot be expected to support the Government.

Sources in the Left parties, which will hold a crucial meeting with the UPA in Delhi on Friday, told CNN-IBN a decision on withdrawing support to the Government would be taken in a month. The sources said Left parties believe the Government has left them with no choice and they prepared for a mid-term election.


The Left believes that the visit of Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), next week will signal beginning of the end for the Government.


CNN-IBN’s National Affairs Editor, Diptosh Majumdar, reports that the Left believes ElBaradei’s visit indicates that the Government is going to talk to him and take steps to operationalise the nuclear deal. The Left believes talking to the IAEA on the safeguards agreement amounts to operationalising the deal.


India has been holding informal consultations with the IAEA on the safeguards agreement. Sources in the Department of Atomic Energy say the consultations are necessary to ensure a draft text on the safeguards agreement was finalised.


Sources confirmed that the nature of the safeguards applicable to India was known. Formal discussions with the IAEA are expected to take place later this month.


CPI general secretary A B Bardhan on Thursday again warned the Government against operationalising the deal.


''I do not understand why the UPA government is in a hurry to operationalise the deal and is continuing with the pro-US policy of the Atal Bihari Vajapyee government when the Common Minimum Programme clearly stated that the UPA would not pursue the foreign policy of erstwhile NDA regime,'' he said in Patna.


Forward Bloc leader G Devarajan said the Left parties must withdraw support to the Government for misleading people on the nuclear deal.


The nuclear safeguards agreement:



IAEA sources have said there may be no need for India-specific safeguards agreement



Existing agreement signed with India in 1966 could be adequate



IAEA sources confirmed that the 1966 agreement had been revised to include reprocessing provisions



India's Atomic Energy Commission sources said there maybe no need for an additional protocol



Not clear if the nuclear agreement would be acceptable to the US Congress without the additional protocol