August 11, 2007
BECAUSE THE RELATIONSHIPS MATTER AND COMMUNISTS DON'T:
India's PM dares left to withdraw support over US nuclear deal (AFP, Aug 11, 2007)
India's prime minister has dared communist allies to withdraw their support for the ruling Congress-led coalition if they are unhappy with a landmark Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh insisted in an interview with the Calcutta-based Telegraph newspaper published on Saturday that the technology pact, seen as a centrepiece of new, warmer US ties, would not be renegotiated.
"... it is not possible to renegotiate the deal. It is an honourable deal, the cabinet has approved it, we cannot go back on it," he was quoted as saying.
"I (have) told them to do whatever they want to do, if they want to withdraw support (for the Congress coalition government), so be it," Singh said.
They want a pact with the USSR. Posted by Orrin Judd at August 11, 2007 8:28 PM
Ah, the good days.
Posted by: erp at August 12, 2007 9:46 AMRoughly speaking, they are among the few who put the screws to Enron before Enron did so to them.
Posted by: Genecis at August 12, 2007 10:57 AMGiven the political and economic developments in India over the past 15 years, the left must be terrified. Kind of like the way the Democrats are here everytime their national security agenda points come up for a vote.
Posted by: jim hamlen at August 12, 2007 11:07 AM