The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today predicted that the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) would have to drop the Indo-US nuclear deal to stay in office.
New Delhi, Aug 21 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today predicted that the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) would have to drop the Indo-US nuclear deal to stay in office.
BJP senior leader Lal Krishna Advani said the block between the ruling alliances over the deal indicated that if the deal continues, the government would fall.
"If they think that the deal that they have agreed to will go on, and the government will also go on, to me as an outsider, as a person who is watching the situation, it seems difficult. They will have to drop one of those points," said Advani.
The UPA Government is facing its worst crisis since coming to power in 2004, with the Left threatening to withdraw their outside support to the ruling alliance over the deal.
A bloc of four Left parties has 60 lawmakers in Lok Sabha, and though not a part of the ruling coalition, they shore it up.
Communist Party of India (Marxist), leader Sitaram Yechury rapped India's envoy to the United States Ronen Sen for making harsh remarks on politicians.
"The Indian Ambassador in America is representing India there, and his comments on the internal politics in India is not acceptable to us. This has been a mistake, and this has to be corrected," said Yechury.
The Left had earlier warned the government of "serious consequences" if it went ahead with the deal, virtually putting it on notice nearly two years ahead of its term ends in 2009.
The fresh Left warning came a day after the Congress Party-led coalition closed ranks behind Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and expressed optimism that the Left's concerns could be addressed.
The Congress Party on Sunday had mooted a proposal, for forming a committee, which would include Left party members and diplomats to look at the Lefts' concerns.
The government, however, rejected a proposal by the opposition to form aoint Parliamentary Committee to look into the nuclear deal.
ANI