In a letter to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is the convener of the UPA-Left committee on the nuclear deal, CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat said, "Various pronouncements are being made by leaders of the ruling coalition and some Union ministers that the government is going ahead with the nuclear deal. We wish to know definitely whether the government is proceeding to seek the approval of the safeguards agreement by the Board of Governors of the IAEA. Please let us know the position by July 7."
However, the parties may not withdraw support from the government till July 9 and wait for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to come back from the G-8 meeting in Japan before taking the drastic step.
"We will behave responsibly in this hour of crisis," Forward Bloc leader Debabrata Biswas told Business Standard after a meeting of the four Left parties on the issue. The parties are also averse to holding the final meeting of the UPA-Left committee on the deal.
The Left parties are angry that the government deviated from the track agreed upon by the two sides
