BJP CPI-M for 'surrendering' to Cong on N-deal

KOLKATA: Describing the Indo-US nuclear deal as unacceptable to the party, the BJP on Thursday slammed the CPI and CPI-M for 'surrendering' to Congress despite making 'noises' over it and said if voted back to power it would re-negotiate the deal and if it was not possible, cancel it.
   
"Congress has surrendered to the USA on the nuke deal and the Communist parties have surrendered to the Congress although they had made so much noises over the deal. It was a trade-off between Congress and Communists over Nandigram and nuke deal," senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu told here.
   
Naidu said after Wednesday's debate in Parliament on the nuclear deal, the 'double standard' of the Communist parties was exposed and now 'they were confining themselves to giving sound bytes and not ready for a real fight'.
   
"They (CPI-M and CPI) want the UPA government to continue even after saying that the nuke deal was a surrender to the USA. After all round condemnation of the CPI-M over its role in Nandigram and Singur, they have developed cold feet about going to the people," he said.

"Indo-US nuclear deal is surrender to Washington, this is the considered opinion of the BJP. If returned to power, we will re-negotiate the deal and if it is not possible, we will cancel the deal," Naidu said.

The former BJP president said "Congress doesn't know how to run the country and how to manage a coalition. Congress did not do any homework before negotiating the deal, neither it consulted its allies.