The Left Coordination Committee meeting, which began at the CPI(M) Headquarters, is being attended by CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat, his CPI counterpart A B Bardhan and other senior leaders, including Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M), D Raja (CPI), RSP leaders T J Chandrachoodan and Abani Roy and Forward Bloc's Debabrata Biswas and G Devarajan.

The meeting is expected to ask the Government to clearly spell out when it is going to the Board of Governors of the IAEA for finalising the safeguards agreement. It is also expected to discuss the fallout of Thursday's meeting of the UNPA.

"The question is not whether they are going (to IAEA). The fact that they are going ahead is clear, but when is the question," Bardhan said on Thursday, noting that there were "no two opinions" about the Left decision to withdraw support.

The top CPI leader said, "modalities will be decided (in the meeting)... we have to write to the President (to declare withdrawal of support)...all these things will be decided."

However, RSP and Forward Bloc are expected to ask the Committee to immediately announce the pullout as "there was no point in waiting" till the Government announces its decision to go ahead with the nuclear deal.