It has demanded that the Vajpayee Government come out with a statement on the ``content'' of the talks with the United States so far.

Insisting that there should be ``no deal'' on acceding to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), the CPI (M) said the Government was going ahead with its decision to reverse India's well-known stand on the accord without taking the country into confidence.

The virtual surrender on the CTBT is the inevitable result of the post-Pokhran tests, which have made India vulnerable to international pressures, the party said in a statement here.

Stressing that the country is entitled to know the terms and conditions which the Vajpayee Government is entering into with the United States, the CPI(M) said the Government's ``eagerness to ensure PresidentClinton's visit to India indicates the nature of the unequal terms of the dialogue''.

Since the May 11 nuclear tests, the CPI (M) has, on numerous occasions, voiced its opposition to the weaponisation of India's nuclear programme.

``The Vajpayee Government is now reduced to competing with the Pakistani Government on signing the CTBT to re-establish its bonafides with the US and its allies'', the party said, adding that after all this, to talk of arriving at a consensus by discussion with all political parties is meaningless.

In another statement, the CPI (M) has also strongly opposed the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) which would result in a steep increase in the rental rates of telephones and charges for local calls.

While the TRAI has proposed a reduction in the cost of calls through cellular phones and long-distance international calls which cater to the affluent sections of society, the increase on local calls would prevent the expansion of the telephonenetwork as a public utility for the people.

The CPI (M) has demanded that the Government reject these ``retrograde proposals''.