US lawmakers stress on August timeline for N-deal

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not know if India will be ready by September" and if New Delhi is not ready, the matter cannot be put on the agenda of the Congress during the remaining calender, he said.

Asked whether it was late now, he quipped "it is never late till it is late".

"India has the first bite of the apple. India has the first right to deny," he said.

Ackerman, who has been a pro-India Congressman, noted that the deal has bipartisan support in the US Congress and even the Left there wants the agreement to ‘happen’.

He, however, emphasised that the fate of the nuclear deal will have no impact on the bilateral relations and the US would continue to be friends with India.