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UPA stood alone in Parliament MIL/Agencies/DNA, Aug 14, 2007. New Delhi: August 14, 2007 – The UPA stood alone in Parliament today to support Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s decision on the Indo-US Nuclear Agreement. The PM’s eight-page statement was a mix of emotion and hard facts, which he placed before the house and asked to read and left, a bold step, great courage shown by the Prime Minister. Mr. Manmohan Singh, redeemed the pledge he made to Parliament last year on the nuclear deal, he declared: “We have achieved an agreement that is good for India, and good for the world. I will let history judge.” In the Lok Sabha, the PM faced the protest against him. UNPA MPs who kept up a constant chant through his 30-minute speech raised slogans against him. The Left parties were the first to walk out, just before the PM wound up. The others followed a little later. But in the Rajya Sabha, all of them left as soon as the PM began speaking. This provoked him to stop abruptly. He simply laid his speech on the table of the House, asked that it be taken as read and left. With the standoff between the government and the other political parties, including the Left, spilling over in Parliament, speculation was rife whether this reflected the shape of things to come. The standing ovation from the Congress and its UPA allies only served to underline the government’s isolation on the nuclear issue.
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