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New Delhi, Apr 23: Ahead of the proposed UPA-Left meeting on the nuclear issue scheduled for May 6, the government on Wednesday once again gave out the re-assurance that ratification of the Indo-US deal in the US Congress would not be taken up without first seeking Parliament’s approval.
“Before we go for its ratification in the American Parliament, we will come to Parliament to take the sense of the House even though there is no provision in the Constitution that stands in our way,” external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee said while interacting with reporters during an orientation programme on Parliamentary reporting.
Responding to questions that some parties had demanded that international treaties should be ratified by Parliament, Mukherjee said the sense of the House would be taken after a three step process of the deal would be completed. “There are three processes, one is 123, which has been done, the second is IAEA India-specific safeguards agreements, that is yet to be done, and the third is amendment to the NSG guidelines that is again yet to be done,” he said.
For now, however, the Left has been objecting to several provisions in the India-specific safeguards agreement. The meeting on May 6, in fact, will specifically deal with Left concerns on the agreement that has been drawn up with the IAEA.
“We will consider what the government will report to us on its talks with the IAEA. On that basis, we will take the issue forward,” CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury said on Wednesday. The two sides had met in March last. Left parties have been opposing the 123 Agreement on the grounds that conditions laid down by the Hyde Act would impinge on India’s independent foreign policy.
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