'UPA govt stands "exposed" on Nuke deal'

Reacting sharply to disclosures that the US would stop fuel supplies to India if New Delhi carries out a nuclear test, the BJP on Wedenesday alleged the UPA Govt stood "completely exposed" on Indo-US atomic deal.

Reacting sharply to disclosures that the United States would stop fuel supplies to India if New Delhi carries out a nuclear test, the BJP on Wedenesday alleged the UPA government stood "completely exposed" on Indo-US atomic deal.

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BJP vice-president Yashwant Sinha said in New Delhi that the note from the Bush administration to the Chairman of Foreign Relations Committee was not an ordinary communication. "It is a very, very important communication which sets out the policy of the administration, the government in the US," he said.

"The most important thing is that the communication is nine months old. Government of India must have been aware of it," he said.

Sinha said the government had claimed that India will retain the right to test. "We were assured of constant fuel supply. We will be benefitted by sensitive nuclear technology."

The BJP leader claimed that as per the communincation, the moment India tests nuclear device, all co-operation and all supplies to India will be stopped.

"Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has pulled a bluff on the nation and even deceived Parliament. The very fact that the contents of the letter were not revealed for nine months with a ploy that the PM gets over the crisis of nuclear deal in India is nothing but a blatant betrayal," he charged.