The 15-member UPA-Left panel to review the Indo-US nuclear deal today held its first meeting with the members outlining the agenda for the discussion.
New Delhi, Sept 11 : The 15-member UPA-Left panel to review the Indo-US nuclear deal today held its first meeting with the members outlining the agenda for the discussion.
After the meeting ended today, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is heading the panel, said that broad issues for the ongoing discussions were framed in today's meeting.
"The committee framed the issue following broad issues for discussion, implications of the Hyde Act on Indo-nuclear 123 Agreement and on the self-reliance in the nuclear sector, implications on foreign policy and security cooperation," Mukherjee told reporters.
The committee will hold its next meeting on September 19.
All the members of the panel were present today that included, Union Cabinet Ministers, A K Antony, P Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal, Saifuddin Soz, Prithviraj Chavan, Lalu Prasad, T R Baalu and Sharad Pawar from the UPA side and six Left leaders Prakash Karat, Sitaram Yechury, A B Bardhan, D Raja, Debabrata Biswas and T J Chandrachoodan.
The panel was named after Left, which provides crucial support to the UPA Government, rejected the bilateral nuclear deal with the US, and warned the Government of serious consequences if it went ahead with operationalising the Agreement.
The Government had said that the agreement will be operationalised after taking into account the committee's findings.
ANI