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UPA-Left panel to meet again
Ramesh Sharma
Inconclusive: (From left) The CPI(M) leader, Mr Sitaram Yechuri; the Minister for Science and Technology, Mr Kapil Sibal; the Shipping Minister, Mr T.R. Baalu; the Minister for Railways, Mr Lalu Prasad; and the CPI(M) General Secretary, Mr Prakash Karat, after the meeting of the UPA-Left committee on the Indo-US nuclear agreement, in the Capital on Wednesday. —
Our Bureau
New Delhi, Sept 19 The UPA and Left party leaders met here on Wednesday for a second meeting to discuss the points raised by the Left over the Indo-US nuclear deal.
The panel has agreed to meet again on October 5.
“The second meeting of the UPA-Left Committee on Indo-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement took place. We had discussion on a number of issues raised in the note circulated by both sides… The discussions were constructive and will continue at the next meeting of the Committee scheduled to be held on October 5,” according to a statement read out after the meeting by the External Affairs Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee.
The meeting was attended by the CPI (M) General Secretary, Mr Prakash Karat, CPI’s Mr A B Bardhan, Forward Bloc leader Mr Debabrata Biswas and Union Ministers Mr Sharad Pawar, Mr Lalu Prasad, Mr Kapil Sibal and Mr Saifuddin Soz.
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