The CPI(M) today said the Left would set a "time-frame" for the government to complete evaluation of concerns over the Indo-US nuclear civilian deal and implications of the Hyde Act after its meeting with the UPA on September 19."The real work (on studying the implications of nuclear agreement) is yet to start. We will discuss the identified issues in the next meeting and the time-frame can be decided then," CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said.He said the first round of the UPA-Left Committee meeting on September 11 had identified the agenda for discussions at the next meeting."We hope that after the discussions, the situation will become clear about the implications of the deal over our foreign policy and security," he said.He said the Left parties had asked the government not to proceed with operationalising the agreement till all the objections and implications of Hyde Act, the US legislation related to the deal, were properly evaluated. "Let us see what findings will come out," he said.Asked whether he foresaw possibility of early polls, Karat, whose party is providing outside support to the UPA government, said "I cannot answer that question. I do not know. All I can say is that we want the committee to look into all the aspects and implications of the deal."He also hoped the UPA Government would "reconsider all the issues" which the Left parties, who are vehemently opposed to the atomic deal in its present form, would raise during the coming discussions.
