New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi spoke to all United Progressive Alliance allies on phone late on Saturday evening following threats by the Communist Party of India -Marxist (CPI-M) not to operationalise the India-US nuclear deal lest it affects the stability of the Central government.
All UPA allies including the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) assured Sonia Gandhi of their continued support.
In a press conference on Saturday evening, CPI-M General Secretary and Politburo member Prakash Karat had warned the UPA government that the nuclear deal entered into with the United States of America is just not acceptable in its present form.
"The Politburo of the CPI-M has not endorsed the stand on nuclear cooperation," Prakash Karat had said adding that the agreement with the US is not acceptable.
Karat said that going ahead with the nuclear deal would not serve India's interest.
Karat also hinted that the government was in a minority on the issue of the nuclear deal saying that the majority in Parliament doesn't support the deal.
"It is for the Congress to look into the serious effect that this deal will have on the country. If the deal goes forward we will go for mass protests," Karat said.
Following CPI-M's threat, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has been instructed to speak to the Left leaders.
Mukherjee will tell the Left parties that the negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency will continue and the UPA would address all the concerns raised by the Red Brigade.
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