Withdrawal of support to UPA is inevitable: Bardhan

New Delhi, Aug 16 (UNI) The CPI tonight put the three-year-old UPA government on notice, saying the party is considering withdrawal of support to it on the issue of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal.

''Withdrawal of support to the UPA government seems inevitable,'' CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan told a television channel.

''We are discussing whether to vote the government out now or later,'' the CPI leader said.

''The split with the UPA is only a matter of time. Our support was on the basis of the Common Minimum Programme, but the government deviated from it,'' he said.

A vocal critic of the nucler pact, Mr Bardhan said, ''Earlier Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wanted to quit, but now he (PM) wants us to quit.'' The situation can be salvaged only if the government showed a willingness not to operationalise the 123 accord, he added.

''The honeymoon time is over. Now, it is only the question of filing for divorce,''he said.

UNI