THE Samajwadi Party on Wednesday demonstrated its clout with the UPA government when it got the PMO to address its apprehensions on the Indo-US nuclear deal. The party's concerns on the issue were conveyed to NSA M K Narayanan when he came calling on the SP leadership here on Wednesday evening to brief them about the developments on the deal.
May Also Seek Heads Of Deora, RBI Chief, Ronen Diwakar | TNN New Delhi: Samajwadi Party's support for the beleaguered Manmohan Singh government will not come cheap. The party, which virtually holds the key to the government's survival given the imminent withdrawal of the Left's support, is likely to come up with an expensive wishlist.
Illustration courtesy: Ajit Ninan (TOI) NEW DELHI: Having left the nuclear deal almost until the eleventh hour, India and its international allies are trying to scrounge for ways to save the nuclear deal
NEW DELHI: As the standoff over the Indo-US nuclear deal between the Left parties and the government continued, RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday met Congress President Sonia Gandhi here. Prasad refused to talk to journalists waiting outside Gandhi's residence after the short meeting. The meeting came in the backdrop of reports that the Railway Minister was in touch with the Samajwadi Party for backing the UPA in case the Left parties withdrew support to the government in the event of forward movement on the nuclear deal.
N-Deal CPM asks UPA partners to stop Govt; Mulayam tells party to get ready for polls, Advani says will press for trust vote on deal NEW DELHI, JUNE 29: Battle lines were formally drawn today over the Indo-US nuclear deal standoff with CPM general secretary Prakash Karat announcing that the Left would withdraw support to the Government if it went ahead with the deal.
Deal And Govt Will Survive: Lalu A day after Sonia Gandhi asked the Congress to get ready for elections, CPM announced that it would withdraw support to the UPA government if it took the
US PRESIDENT George W Bush, who has been waiting patiently for progress on the Indo-US deal, is making sure that his administration sends out daily reminders to the UPA government on how time is running out for the deal.
Sources have claimed that Sonia fully appreciated the concern of allies, there was no mistaking that the tough anti-early-polls position suits Congress. It is in no better shape to face an election and would not like to risk that for the nuclear deal, but is hamstrung to admit so for the fear of contradicting the PM in public.
