UNPA heading for a split
The UNPA was today heading for a split with Om Prakash Chautala-led INLD and the Asom Gana Parishad.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: The UNPA was today heading for a split with Om Prakash Chautala-led INLD and the Asom Gana Parishad distancing itself from the Samajwadi Party's decision to support the government on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
"Congress has insulted them (SP) earlier...now for the third consecutive time, they want to be insulted. It is their own thinking," Chautala told reporters here.
Chautala's remarks come a day after the Congress clinched a deal with the SP, a key UNPA constituent, for backing the government in the event of Left parties withdrawing support on the nuclear deal issue.
Upset over SP's decision to go with the Congress, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) said all UNPA constituents will take a collective decision whether to retain the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led party in it or not.
"The SP should have consulted the UNPA constituents before taking a decision to support the nuclear deal. We will take a collective decision whether to retain or not the SP in the UNPA," AGP president Brindaban Goswami told PTI .
Chautala said that the INLD is the "strongest opposer" of the nuclear deal and was worried "about the fact of becoming a slave of America".
"When the UPA came to power, these people (SP) supported them despite bearing humiliation. They were also running the Government in Uttar Pradesh with the support of the Congress," he said.
The Congress has "insulted them earlier and will insult them once again".
"Congress has insulted them (SP) earlier...now for the third consecutive time, they want to be insulted. It is their own thinking," Chautala told reporters here.
Chautala's remarks come a day after the Congress clinched a deal with the SP, a key UNPA constituent, for backing the government in the event of Left parties withdrawing support on the nuclear deal issue.
Upset over SP's decision to go with the Congress, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) said all UNPA constituents will take a collective decision whether to retain the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led party in it or not.
"The SP should have consulted the UNPA constituents before taking a decision to support the nuclear deal. We will take a collective decision whether to retain or not the SP in the UNPA," AGP president Brindaban Goswami told PTI .
Chautala said that the INLD is the "strongest opposer" of the nuclear deal and was worried "about the fact of becoming a slave of America".
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"When the UPA came to power, these people (SP) supported them despite bearing humiliation. They were also running the Government in Uttar Pradesh with the support of the Congress," he said.
The Congress has "insulted them earlier and will insult them once again".
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