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UPA-Left mechanism on deal likely this week

An institutional mechanism at the political level to address the allies' concerns is expected to be in place this week.

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NEW DELHI: In signs of a further thaw in the government-Left stand-off on the Indo-US nuclear deal, an institutional mechanism at the political level to address the allies' concerns is expected to be in place this week.

Left sources said a meeting of the UPA-Left apparently to concretise the mechanism proposal is likely to be held on Wednesday in which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and other top coalition leaders are expected to be present.

This follows talks between senior Congress leaders led by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee with top leaders of CPI (M) and CPI separately today as part of moves to resolve the crisis triggered by Left parties' demand that the government should not operationalise the deal.

CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat and his CPI counterpart AB Bardhan held talks with Mukherjee who was assisted by Defence Minister AK Antony and Ahmed Patel.

While there was no word from Congress side, both the Left leaders insisted that the proposed mechanism to go into issues arising out of the provisions in the Hyde Act in the US and the 123 agreement recently entered into between the two countries should be at the political level involving leaders from both sides.

However, Bardhan and CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury maintained that they stuck to their opposition to the implementation of the deal which they said should not be operationalised.

The CPI veteran also said the government too stuck to its position on the deal.

 

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