BJP says N deal a "mega fraud", assurances to Par not kept

Stepping up its attack on the government on the Indo-US nuclear deal, BJP today charged the Congress-led UPA with perpetrating a "mega fraud" on both Parliament and people of the country on the issue.

The party, however, insisted that its opposition to the deal was "fundamentally different" from that of the Left as it was for "good, friendly relations with the US including strategic partnership.

"The BJP is for strategic partnership with the US but not for strategic subservience which is what the deal is about," the political resolution adopted by the party here on the second day of the National Executive meet said.

"The text of the nuclear agreement and the statements of the Bush administration establish that the UPA government has perpetrated a mega fraud on both Parliament and the people of the country," it said, adding "none of the assurances that were given to Parliament have been kept."

The party alleged that all assurances about "assured fuel supply, transfer of technology are patently misleading"

 And underscored that any compromise on "India's right to nuclear test is wholly unacceptable".

The waiver granted by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) "only worsens India's strategic interests" and the party's stand that the deal in the present form seriously compromises India's strategic sovereignty and the right of nuclear test has been "completely vindicated after the recent revelations", party general secretary H N Ananth Kumar told reporters.

The saffron party said the deal in its present form is also prone to have serious commercial and security implications.