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Withdrawal Reacting to the statement of the Indian Prime minister Manmohan Singh, Left parties on Tuesday announced the withdrawal of support to the United Progressive Alliance Government over the issue of the Indo-US nuclear deal. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday had declared that his Government would “very soon” approach the IAEA board of governors to move forward on the N-deal. Left parties announced that they would meet the President on Wednesday, July 9 to withdraw support to the United Progressive Alliance Government.

Meeting It must be recalled that Left was supporting the Manmohan led UPA Government from outside. The Left includes CPI (M), CPI, Forward Bloc and RSP. Leaders of the left parties separately met the president Pratibha Patil on Wednesday and handed her over their letters of withdrawal of support to the UPA government. They in a joint letter asked her to direct the Prime Minister to prove his majority in the Lok Sabha. Another meeting of the UPA-Left Committee on the issue of N-deal was scheduled to be held on July 10.But is was rendered “meaningless” since the Prime Minister had announced that the government would approach the IAEA Board of Governors very soon. 

Stand Earlier, all the Left parties had decided that if the Government approaches the IAEA Board of Governors they will withdraw their support to the UPA government. Left parties after an hour long meeting sent a, letter, copies of which was circulated to the media also, to the External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, expressed that their was nothing left in the UPA-Left committee’s proposed meeting on July 10 in view of PM’s remarks of going ahead with the n-deal. They held Prime Minister solely responsible for whole of the political problems and the uncertainty.  

  SP Support On the other hand Mulayam Singh Yadav led Samajwadi Party which has 39 MPs has announced that they will vote in favour of the UPA government to save both the N-deal and the government. SP had earlier consulted with scientists, intellectuals and experts including the former President APJ Abdul Kalam. It is being said that Congress has also got the support of Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh and HD Deve Gowda. Left and BJP are opposing the N-deal. They have raised questions and have doubts regarding some of the terms of the IAEA agreement. Left parties were also demanding the full text of the draft IAEA agreement.