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SP 'betrayal' threatens to end Third Front
Sat-Jul 05, 2008
New Delhi / Press Trust of India
Angry over Samajwadi Party's decision to back the government in Parliament on Indo-US nuclear deal, AGP threatened on saturday to leave UNPA, if the Mulayam Singh Yadav-headed party remained its constituent and indicated its desire to have adjustment with BJP.
AGP President Brindaban Goswami said his party's two MPs would vote against the UPA government in the event of a no confidence motion in Parliament. He said AGP cannot have any relation with any party which makes friendship with Congress.
"The SP should have consulted the UNPA constituents before taking a decision to support the nuclear deal. If SP does not leave UNPA, we will leave it," he told reporters in New Delhi.
Asked about AGP's growing proxmity to BJP, Goswami said it was open to have "some kind of adjustment" with the saffron party in future elections in Assam.
"For us, Congress is the most communal party. To defeat Congress, we are working to bring all non-Congress parties on a single platform," he said.
Asked whether there was any possibility of AGP joining NDA in future, Goswami evaded a directed reply saying "our priority is to defeat Congress and ensure that non-Congress votes are not divided".
A six-member delegation of AGP had also met senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj.
Chautala speak
Cracks appeared in the UNPA with Om Prakash Chautala-led INLD seeking to distance itself from the Samajwadi Party's decision to support the UPA on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
"Congress has insulted them (SP) earlier...now for the third consecutive time, they wanted to be insulted. It is their own thinking," Chautala said in New Delhi.
The former Haryana Chief Minister said that the INLD is the "strongest opposer" of the nuclear deal and was worried "about the fact of becoming a slave of America".
"When the UPA came to power, these people (SP) supported them despite bearing humiliation. They were also running the Government in Uttar Pradesh with the support of the Congress," he said.
The Congress has "insulted them earlier and will insult them once again".
The UNPA had on July 3 decided to seek expert opinion on the nuclear deal before finalising their opinion about the agreement.
However, after a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and former president A P J Abdul Kalam, the Samajwadi Party leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh changed their stand saying the deal was in the national interest.
AGP President Brindaban Goswami said his party's two MPs would vote against the UPA government in the event of a no confidence motion in Parliament. He said AGP cannot have any relation with any party which makes friendship with Congress.
"The SP should have consulted the UNPA constituents before taking a decision to support the nuclear deal. If SP does not leave UNPA, we will leave it," he told reporters in New Delhi.
Asked about AGP's growing proxmity to BJP, Goswami said it was open to have "some kind of adjustment" with the saffron party in future elections in Assam.
"For us, Congress is the most communal party. To defeat Congress, we are working to bring all non-Congress parties on a single platform," he said.
Asked whether there was any possibility of AGP joining NDA in future, Goswami evaded a directed reply saying "our priority is to defeat Congress and ensure that non-Congress votes are not divided".
A six-member delegation of AGP had also met senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj.
Chautala speak
Cracks appeared in the UNPA with Om Prakash Chautala-led INLD seeking to distance itself from the Samajwadi Party's decision to support the UPA on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
"Congress has insulted them (SP) earlier...now for the third consecutive time, they wanted to be insulted. It is their own thinking," Chautala said in New Delhi.
The former Haryana Chief Minister said that the INLD is the "strongest opposer" of the nuclear deal and was worried "about the fact of becoming a slave of America".
"When the UPA came to power, these people (SP) supported them despite bearing humiliation. They were also running the Government in Uttar Pradesh with the support of the Congress," he said.
The Congress has "insulted them earlier and will insult them once again".
The UNPA had on July 3 decided to seek expert opinion on the nuclear deal before finalising their opinion about the agreement.
However, after a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and former president A P J Abdul Kalam, the Samajwadi Party leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh changed their stand saying the deal was in the national interest.
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