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- By Parinda News Bureau, January 31, 2006, 09:50 IST
New Delhi: The BJP too expressed serious concern over Mulford's recent pronouncements on the Iran vote and the Indo-US nuclear deal, and asked the UPA Government to take all political parties into confidence on Indo-US ties by calling an all party meeting.
At a party briefing, party spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad said that they expected the Prime Minister to take all the political parties into confidence and ensure that their strategic security concerns were not subjugated in any manner whatsoever.
He said Mulford's interview had raised "disturbing questions and puts into serious doubt" Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurance to Parliament that New Delhi's commitment would be "conditional upon and reciprocal to the US fulfilling its side of the understanding".
Prasad said that the Prime Minster had also emphasized that separation of civilian and military nuclear faciilities would be placed under IAEA safeguards by a decision taken voluntarily.
The BJP leader said the full text of Mulford's statement, "which is not a casual observation at all, completely negates this assurance".
Prasad said Mulford has clearly said the idea of separating these two establishments, civilian and military, had not so far met the test of credibility and minimum standard required for US Congress to act favourably.
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