N-deal: Cong thanks SP for suuport

Press Trust of India
Friday, July 4, 2008 (New Delhi)
Claiming that Samajwadi Party had conveyed its support to the nuclear deal, Congress on Friday expressed gratitude to it.But Congress was non-committal on the issue of inclusion of the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led party in the government.''We thank Samajwadi Party for supporting the deal,'' Congress spokesman Shakeel Ahmed told reporters here after SP leaders Yadav and Amar Singh met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi.Congress leader Veerappa Moily also insisted that Yadav and Amar Singh ''expressed support to the nuclear deal'' and ''reiterated the support'' during their meeting with Gandhi.The Congress' claim about SP conveying support to the deal came even though Yadav and Singh maintained that they had not given any ''commitment so far'' and would decide on it only after talking to other UNPA constituents.The Congress, however, was non-committal on the possibility of SP being included in the Council of Ministers in case they join the government.''It is a matter for the UPA, Prime Minister and Samajwadi Party to decide,'' Ahmed said.

If the Congress succeeds in maintaining its Government after going ahead on the nuclear deal, it would be the tightest slap on the face of the Communists who had been thinking all along "after us the deluge". And the communists would deserve it. Of course, they will all reunite. They have a common bonding - that of love for Muslims (or their votes) and the magic mantra of "defeating communalism".