Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said Manmohan Singh did not touch many of the issues raised by the Opposition.
NEW DELHI: The CPI-M on Thursday expressed satisfaction at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurances on the Indo-US nuclear deal in Rajya Sabha, saying these could be converted into a "sense of the House" resolution. "Let us assume it as the sense of the House resolution," CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury mooted after Singh completed his hour-long reply to the seven-hour debate on the nuclear deal. He also sought a reassurance from the Prime Minister that India's interests will be fully protected. The Left parties have been demanding a "sense of the House" resolution on the deal.
However, senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said the Prime Minister has once again made the same assurance that he had given on previous occasions. He said Singh did not touch many of the issues raised by him, such as US opposition to Russia supplying fuel to the Tarapore nuclear reactor and fast breeder programme not coming under the safeguards agreement.
Earlier, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh appealed to the Prime Minister to consider the demand for a sense of the House resolution on the issue as suggested by several political parties including the Left, SP, AIADMK, TDP and BJP. Meanwhile, top nuclear scientists welcomed the Prime Minister's detailed assurances on concerns raised by them about the Indo-US nuclear deal.
They also welcomed his invitation to scientists for further discussion on the issue on August 26 in New Delhi. M R Srinivasan, former Atomic Energy Commission chairman and a current member of the body, said, "We are looking forward to the meeting to discuss the issues in detail and mechanisms to protect India's interests."
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