Nuke pact will cost the country: CPI
Daring the UPA government to reveal financial implications of the India-US nuclear pact, CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta on Wednesday said the agreement would cost a lot and would not help in the country's energy security.
By PTI |
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Daring the UPA government to reveal financial implications of the India-US nuclear pact, CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta on Wednesday said the agreement would cost a lot and would not help in the country's energy security.
While the government remained 'mischievously silent' on this, the assessment of experts was that the total cost to be the country by way of the agreement would be to the tune of Rs 10 lakh crore, he told a press meet here.
It would be irrational and unjustifiable to cast such a huge burden on the country as the quantum of additional power to be generated as result of the agreement would not be more that six to seven per cent of the total requirement by 2020, he said.
Stating that the government was moving ahead in the matter without scientific assessment of cost analysis, he said the true agenda behind the pact was to take India closer to America.
Prime Minister Manohan Singh's slogan of 'nuclear renaissance' showed his 'experience in politics did not appear to be matured' as no country had benefited by any agreement with the United States.
The government's policies had proved disastrous making miserable the lives of vast majority of the people, he said.
While the government remained 'mischievously silent' on this, the assessment of experts was that the total cost to be the country by way of the agreement would be to the tune of Rs 10 lakh crore, he told a press meet here.
It would be irrational and unjustifiable to cast such a huge burden on the country as the quantum of additional power to be generated as result of the agreement would not be more that six to seven per cent of the total requirement by 2020, he said.
Stating that the government was moving ahead in the matter without scientific assessment of cost analysis, he said the true agenda behind the pact was to take India closer to America.
Prime Minister Manohan Singh's slogan of 'nuclear renaissance' showed his 'experience in politics did not appear to be matured' as no country had benefited by any agreement with the United States.
The government's policies had proved disastrous making miserable the lives of vast majority of the people, he said.
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Asked what would be the option for the Left parties if the stand-off over nuclear issue continued unresolved, he said "we would go to the people." Download
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