New Delhi: A CPI-M member today alleged that
the nuclear liability bill was aimed at pleasing the US as it
was "linked" to providing reprocessing technology and that
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had misled the House by saying
India had got upfront right to reprocess.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha, M B
Rajesh said the recent statement of US Assistant Secretary of
State Robert Blake went against Singh's repeated assurance in
the House that the US had given "an upfront consent for
reprocessing" in the 123 agreement.
"Some days back, Blake linked the issue of providing
reprocessing technology to India with the passage of a bill on
nuclear liability. If what Blake has said is true then it
means that the Prime Minister and the government have
concealed the truth regarding Indo-US nuclear deal," he said.
"Now the US is shifting goal posts and imposing more
conditionalities on our country. It is clear that the nuclear
liability bill is an attempt to please the US," he said.
Rajesh said it was "shocking" that the Prime Minister and
the government have misled the nation by concealing these
truths and facts. "I demand that the government come out with
a statement clarifying what Blake has said," he added.
Raising the issue of Ranganath Misra Commission report on
minorities welfare, Shailendra Kumar (SP) said 18 crore
Muslims were economically, educationally and socially backward
and demanded that the recommendations be implemented soon.
K C Venugopal (Congress) and A Sampath (CPI-M) said the
problem of climate change and its after effects should be
studied to find out solutions and sought a research institute
in Kerala for the purpose.
Jose K Mani (Kerala Congress) raised the issue of dying
domestic newsprint industry and urged the Centre to impose
levies on imported newsprint that were cheaper.
PTI
First Published: Monday, March 15, 2010, 21:46