Nuclear Deal Should be Shelved: CPM
The Deccan Herald
Apr 2, 2008
Without directly mentioning about the deal, CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said the party would launch a struggle to defend the sovereignty of the country and mobilise democratic forces to thwart the US imperialist design to convert India into its strategic ally. The controversial Indo-US nuclear agreement has not come in for much debate in the ongoing 19th CPM Congress as the party feels it had talked enough on the subject. 'We have made our stand very clear on this issue and our delegates were really fed up discussing it over and over again,'' a senior CPM leader said. The issue did come up for discussion when the political resolution was taken up for debate but was only briefly touched upon. Interestingly, contrary to expectations there was not a separate resolution on the Indo-US nuclear deal. The political resolution adopted yesterday after a marathon discussion lasting for two sessions did not have a single line on the nuke issue.
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