Trying to get an indirect veto in parliament against the Indo-US nuclear agreement, the CPI on Thursday contended that the majority view emerging after the debate on the deal under Rule 193, which does not entail voting, should be taken as the ?sense of the House?.
?Sense of the House is as good as voting. There was a ruling by the Lok Sabha Speaker that the issue could be discussed under Rule 193. This should be respected,? CPI general-secretary AB Bardhan told reporters after a three-day national council meeting of his party here on Thursday.
Bardhan also said the Left was keen to see that a consensus eventually emerged the issue. ?By November 16 the findings of the Left-UPA committee is likely to come out. Our future actions depend on how the government will respond to the issue in the meeting,? he added.
The BJP, on the other hand, has been demanding a voting in Parliament on the issue. However, Opposiition leader LK Advani said, ?The government is not constitutionally bound to accept the opinion of Parliament on the deal but a debate on it is important to create awareness about how the government was going about?.
With both the Left and the BJP agreeing on debate without voting, the government can now face the Parliament with much ease.
