The Congress can breathe easy. The Samajwadi Party’s public endorsement on Friday of the India-US civil nuclear deal as one “in national interest” enables the Manmohan government to go to the IAEA with an easy mind and with the claim that it continues to enjoy a majority in the Lok Sabha. While welcoming the latest convert to the deal on board, the Congress also got ready to bid farewell to the Left parties which had been extending outside support. The communists on Friday wrote to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who heads the UPA-Left panel on the deal, to inform them by July 7 whether the government would approach the IAEA. The letter and the deadline raised the hackles of Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi who said, “sovereign governments or political parties cannot be subjected to deadlines.” The government’s...
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