UPA will betray India's interests if it signs N Deal: Left

New Delhi (PTI): Maintaining that the UPA Government would "betray" India's vital interests if it signed the Indo-US nuclear deal, the Left parties on Thursday said all conditionalities of the Hyde Act and more have been included in the latest Act passed by the US Congress. "It is a Hyde Act plus law as it includes not only all key provisions of the Hyde Act but also additional measures. "...If the Congress-led government signs the 123 Agreement, it will be a complete surrender to the United States and a betrayal of India's vital interests. It is a bad deal and an unequal treaty," party General Secretary Prakash Karat told reporters here. Quoting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's June 30 statement that the government would come to Parliament after completing negotiations at the... [read full story]