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Amar & Mulayam meet PM, Sonia; all set to back Govt

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Posted online: Friday , July 04, 2008 at 11:59:08


New Delhi, July 4: Samajwadi Party leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh on Friday made it clear that they favoured the Indo-US nuclear deal as they met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi over the issue.

After their 30-minute meeting with the Prime Minister, Yadav and Amar Singh appeared convinced that the nuclear deal is in the interest of the country and said they would try to convince other UNPA constituents on the issue.

The party, whose 39 MPs in Lok Sabha would be crucial for survival of the government if Left parties withdraw support, are likely to announce its decision on supporting the UPA in a couple of days.

The SP leaders said former President A P J Abdul Kalam had on Thursday elaborately explained to them the benefits of the deal and allayed fears about the national sovereignty or foreign policy being compromised.

"We have been opposing it (nuclear deal) as we did not have any new details. But now these new details have come," Yadav told reporters.

Asked whether they were satisfied with the clarifications given by the PMO in a statement two days back, Yadav said "the entire nation would be satisfied."

Amar Singh said the Prime Minister's statement, addressing point-by-point issues, was "quite satisfactory" but the UNPA had decided to consult some "eminent" and "undisputed" scientist who was identified as Kalam.

He pointed out that the "renowned" scientist Kalam, who has worked a lot in the nuclear field, told them that the country will face "no danger or pressure" because of the deal.

Sounding convinced that the deal is in national interest, both Yadav and Amar Singh said "national interest was a priority to them rather than politics".

They, however, insisted that they had given no commitment to the Prime Minister about extending support as they will have to consult other UNPA leaders.

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Be axs auckers by DilipWisher/France on 05 Jul 2008

Commies are Chinese boot lickers, no doubt, but those who support this deal are, undoubtedly, US axs lickers! Or, these 20 people who constantly support the signing of this deal may have vested interests (i.e.,) their wards my be in that filed, or they are looking for green vards for their wards, or they may be want to be faithful SERVANTS to US,AGAIN, as they did when they sold India to U.K. They were the faithful administrators and perennial axs lickers of British. Just because these 20 people and Man Mohan Singh supports this deal we (all Indians) should not BE axs LICKERS OF USA.

Another pair of cheeks!!! by G. Din on 05 Jul 2008

Although I consider myself closer to BJP, I have always maintained that Vajpayee and Advani are the two cheeks of a stinking asshole. Now come the other pair of cheeks of another stinking asshole - Mulayam ("in-the-head") Yadav and his Man-Friday Amar Singh. God, what a cast of characters!!!

Will leftist enjoy both side, power as well as being oppostion by Nuke deal on 05 Jul 2008

will the leftist enjoy both side i.e power to fund the lazy people as well as be opposition. Congress will take the cut from nuclear deal and come back to power after people forget their screw up and crash of economy that has hurt so many.After all the hooplaah, will BJP fix things when the top "big fat" leaders want to suck out all the credit for our initiatives during their last term.Whether congress or BJP, Same mafia/cartel will come back but this time, it will be a different thing...NO direct election of PM and CM by people because Indins cannot rise against this cartel.

India has NO democracy until People elect the PM and CM directly by nuke on 04 Jul 2008

India has NO democracy until People elect the PM and CM directly. Also be able to eject or impeach PM and CM within few years if they follow the false path.Monarchy of Ticket distribution and Anarchy thereafter with all false coverup of inner-party democracy.

kalam next president by bindu on 04 Jul 2008

why the hell abdul kalam got involved with SP to strike a deal.people will talk of him making deal with sp to become president next time.he is a human being.

APJ is from day one in favor of the deal. by Raju on 04 Jul 2008

All Mullah Mulayam and Amar is doing that hide their real reason for supporting congress. APJ even said before also that N-deal is not going to India's interest. The wisdom of people like Sardar Patel, President APJ Kalam or Gen. Maneksaw shall not be questioned.

deals by yadavlallumayalam deal on 04 Jul 2008

nuc deal has led to several lateral deals made by illiterateoliticiansp

baramflation by indian on 04 Jul 2008

who will burden the electricity bill?electricity is not included in calculation of inflation.c.baram -wakeup before it is too late.otherwise spppps will throw you out of cong.

Left Parties by Chairman Mao Tse Tung on 04 Jul 2008

The old left bandicoots are now silent. Fellows like Gurudas Dasgupta, Bardan, Raja and Prakash Karath are silent and trying to save their stupid face by giving some excuse or the other. The Chinese will be very angry with them once they go to Chinese Embassay to collect their hafta.

MAO ! by Dr V K Sinha on 04 Jul 2008

Yes you are cent per cent right.Now they have been outwitted on the political chessboard.Previously they looked like rascals.Now they look like Jokers.And...may I know why did you choose this name?

WHOSE KICK IS THE BETTER ONE???? by A Nair on 04 Jul 2008

THE KICK Ms GANDHI'S GAVE ON THE "DINNER DAY" IS BETTER THAN THOSE BEING DELIVERED BY Ms MAYAWATHI'S.

Indians are stupids by Mulayam Singh Yadav on 04 Jul 2008

OK, Mulayam will support Congress and Congress will fill his pockets. But has anyone noticed that Chief of Army Staff is crying about China's massive troop build up in Tibet ? OK, you people get 6% electricity in 15 years time at the cost og 60,000 billion dollars but will India be an independent country or under China or Muslims or Christians ? Why Indians are so stupids ?

Lage Raho... by Dr Vinoy K Sinha on 04 Jul 2008

Lage raho Amarbhai.Lage raho Mulayambhai.Sampradayik shaktiyon ko door rakhna hai.Deal ke bare men Kalam Sahab ne bhi hari jhandi de di hai.Chalo isi bahene election tala to sahi.Nahin to na jane kya ho jata. Lage raho...

close deal by kulamarva balakrishna on 04 Jul 2008

i only wish politicians show maturity and conclude the deal as one man nation.when unsuitable a nation of 1.2 billion can stand up the whole world if remains united as under mahatma gandhi. that was what nehru meant when said :after me the indian people.no fear. learnto live as a nation not as fragmented castes orreligions. =taravadu taranga trust for media monitoring= (tttmm).-kulamarva balakrishna

BJP Face Off by Sunil Kuma on 04 Jul 2008

BJP must be troubled by Kalam's staright forwardness. After all, Kalam and Brajesh Misra were best show case man of the BJP and both took the N Deal side. It unfortunate for the nation, for the sake of opportinitism BJP choose to oppose the N deal, while when they were in power, they were even ready to sign NPT for the same N deal. Its unfortunate that India has opposition like BJP which hardly ever shown any constructive opposition on any issue.

n-deal by Vijay on 04 Jul 2008

Reality will emerge very slowly, but if the deal is bad it will be too late. Can we have a gaurantee from Manmohan Singh that India will conduct a nuclear test within a year ? This deal is full of "secret" clauses and actually no one knows exactly what is the truth. Why American are so eager for this deal ?

Deal is good but still careful by Baatul on 04 Jul 2008

The deal may be a good framework. But individual contracts must guarantee supply of power at present cost, penalty for delays and above all heavy penalty for disruption of power supply for whatever reasons, especially political. To mitigate this risk, it should be built on Build-Operate-Transfer model so that likes of Halliburtons cash is stuck up on the project and they don't try scoot with the money like Enron. We all know Enrons/Halliburtons are the front-end for the US politician/corporate nexus. The nuclear commerce industry in USA is no different.

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