Decision on support to govt after considering all factors:CPI(M)

New Delhi, Aug 11 (UNI) CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat today stuck to the Left stand of no compromise on the Indo-US nuke deal and said that they would firm up their stand on their support to the government after taking all factors into account.

''The Prime Minister and the government must realise that the agreement is not acceptable to the majority of Parliament,'' Mr Karat said in a statement here.

The CPI(M) leader's remarks came in reaction to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement that the Left was free to part ways with the UPA as the deal was ''non-negotiable''.

''As far as the approach to the government is concerned, we will take our own counsel,'' he said.

Mr Karat said the Left parties had been consistently expressing their opposition to the July 2005 joint statement with the United States, which included the nuclear cooperation agreement.

After the Hyde Act was adopted by the US containing unacceptable conditions, the CPI(M) had been asking the government not to proceed with the negotiations for the bilateral agreement.

''We do not share the optimism that India can become a great power with the help of the United States. India is a country endowed with sufficient resources and self-confidence to carve out its own path of development,'' he said.

UNI