By IANS
Kolkata : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) central committee meeting has taken a unanimous decision on the India-US nuclear deal, party patriarch Jyoti Basu said Monday while refusing to spell out the decision.
“We have taken a unanimous decision on the nuclear deal. There is no difference of opinion on the issue,” he said on the concluding day of the three-day central committee meeting of the party here.
Basu, however, did not reveal what had transpired at the meeting. “I don’t want to say anything more right now. Our stand will be explained by party general secretary Prakash Karat at a press conference,” he added.
Asked to comment on the statement by Centre for Indian Trade Union (CITU) leader M.K. Pandhe, who had scoffed at Basu’s remarks on seeking “concessions” from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) on the nuclear deal before taking the final decision on withdrawing support, the senior-most politburo member said, “Even Pandhe has unanimously agreed with the decision reached by us.”