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| NEW DELHI: India''s coalition government was undergoing a major shake-up Friday with the dominant Congress party pushing on with a controversial nuclear deal with the US and ditching left-wing allies. A four-party bloc of Communist and leftist parties met Friday to discuss what politicians described as the "modalities" of a divorce from the Congress-led government because of the pact. The Congress party, however, was working to avoid being forced into early elections and getting the atomic deal through by negotiating a new alliance with the socialist and regional Samajwadi Party (SP). SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi separately to finalise their agreement, officials said. After talks with PM Singh, Yadav told reporters that "national interest is more important than politics" -- seen as a sign that a deal to reshape India''s ruling alliance was close. Later, senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily told NDTV news channel: "We have the numbers now. Their (Samajwadi Party''s) help has been very timely." The nuclear deal -- agreed in principle in 2005 -- would allow India to buy atomic power plants and technology despite not having signed international non-proliferation pacts. Prime Minister Singh argues the pact is crucial for India''s energy security. Singh is lined up to meet US President George W. Bush on the sidelines of the G8 meeting in Japan next week, taken as anoth ... |
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