Govt set to defy Left, go to IAEA
Government looks set to send a team for negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for India-specific safeguards and is readying for a showdown in Parliament.
By Diwakar & Subodh Ghildiyal, TNN |
NEW DELHI: Government looks set to send a team for negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for India-specific safeguards and is readying for a showdown in Parliament and at polls early next year if Left retaliates by withdrawing support to the UPA coalition.
Senior sources indicated that the government would like to hold negotiations with IAEA after the middle of October in defiance of the Left's veto, and is ready to rough out the consequences that might follow.
India-specific safeguards are crucial for the operationalisation of the Indo-US nuclear deal and government cannot delay the required negotiations with IAEA beyond the middle of next month if it is to get the deal cleared by early next year.
"None of the milestones will be compromised," said a senior source who is involved in strategy planning. Senior government functionaries and Congress leaders who gamed out the scenario post-IAEA talks earlier this week, have decided to face a trust vote rather than seek dissolution of Lok Sabha if Left yanks support.
The dissolution option is not favoured because the party is wary of being seen as forcing an election. It would also deny the party room to attack Left for causing destabilisation. A trust vote, on the other hand, can give Congress a forum to argue for the deal.
Senior sources indicated that the government would like to hold negotiations with IAEA after the middle of October in defiance of the Left's veto, and is ready to rough out the consequences that might follow.
India-specific safeguards are crucial for the operationalisation of the Indo-US nuclear deal and government cannot delay the required negotiations with IAEA beyond the middle of next month if it is to get the deal cleared by early next year.
"None of the milestones will be compromised," said a senior source who is involved in strategy planning. Senior government functionaries and Congress leaders who gamed out the scenario post-IAEA talks earlier this week, have decided to face a trust vote rather than seek dissolution of Lok Sabha if Left yanks support.
The dissolution option is not favoured because the party is wary of being seen as forcing an election. It would also deny the party room to attack Left for causing destabilisation. A trust vote, on the other hand, can give Congress a forum to argue for the deal.
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