Day after Sonia Gandhi’s attack on the Left:
CPM veteran Jyoti Basu: If they want elections, we are ready. She (Gandhi) said one thing in the US, but changed her tune after returning
CPI’s A B Bardhan: If the government goes ahead with the IAEA safeguard talks, we will have to withdraw support
Joint statement by Left leaders Prakash Karat, Bardhan, Abani Roy, Debabrata Biswas: Those who advocate the deal should know that India is capable of developing nuclear energy primarily on a self-reliant basis. We need not surrender our vital interests to America on this