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A day after Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh expressed his anguish over Lefts consistent opposition to the Indo-US civilian nuclear energy cooperation, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today expressed optimism of sorting out differences with the Left over the issue.
Kolkata/ Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 12 : A day after Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh expressed his anguish over Left's consistent opposition to the Indo-US civilian nuclear energy cooperation, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today expressed optimism of sorting out differences with the Left over the issue.
"We are hopeful about sorting out the differences with the Left and discussions can take place at any point of time," Mukherjee told reporters in Hooghly on the sidelines of a function here.
However, CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat today asserted that his party will not back track from its opposition on the deal, and questioned whether Congress leaders were ready to run the government.
"It is the responsibility of the Congress to see that the government does not take any policy which contradicts with the Common Minimum Programme (CMP)," Karat said highlighting that nowhere in the CMP there is a reference of building strategic ties with the US.
The Left parties have demanded that the UPA coalition government, which is getting its outside support, should not go ahead with the nuclear deal, lest it would have to "pay a political price".
The Communists have demanded debate in the Parliament over the issue under Rule 193 that does not entail voting, while the opposition BJP, which too have rejected the 123-agreement, have called for debate under Rule 184 that entails voting.
Prime Minister Singh, who is scheduled to make a statement in Parliament on Monday, said on Thursday that the nuclear deal was not renegotiable and told the Left parties "to do whatever they want to do."
"If they (Left) want to withdraw support, so be it..." Dr. Singh told a Kolkata based daily in an interview.
ANI
