“Of course time is running out. But one cannot help it. Either you lose majority and if a Government loses majority nobody is going to have an arrangement with a minority Government,” he said.
On the other hand if similar agreements were to be entered into with other countries like France and Russia, the same process of agreements with IAEA and the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group was needed. The minister said the Left leaders had no objection to the IAEA as they appreciated and knew it well that India was one of the founder members of the global nuclear watchdog and had been a member of its board for several times.