Govt. must not operationalise deal or face consequences:CPM
New Delhi, Aug 23 (UNI) The CPI(M) today made it unequivocally clear to the UPA Government not to operationalise the controversial Indo-US nuclear deal or be prepared to face the consequences.
''If the government decides to operationalise the deal, the responsibility of its future will lie with the government,'' CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said at a news conference at the conclusion of the party's two-day Central Committee meeting.
At the same time, Mr Karat said the Central Committee did not want the current crisis to continue. But it was contingent upon the government not to go ahead with the deal, he added.
He said the Central Committee had authorised the party's Polit Bureau to take necessary steps with regard to blocking the deal.
The CPI(M), along with other Left parties, would organise joint campaigns across the country from September 4 to 8 against the deal as well as the proposed Malabar Naval exercises next month by India, the United States, Australia, Japan and Singapore. The CPI(M) would continue the protests until September 15.
Asked
if
the
CPI(M)
had
discussed
the
possibility
of
a
mid-term
poll,
Mr
Karat
said,
''We
have
not
discussed
the
elections.''
On
whether
he
saw
the
possibility
of
the
government
being
reduced
to
a
minority,
he
said,
''This
government
is
there
because
of
our
support...if
our
support
is
not
there,
how
will
it
function.''
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