Indian parliament paralysed over US nuclear de

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Source: Daily Times

NEW DELHI: The Indian Parliament remained paralysed for the third consecutive sitting on Thursday with the opposition making it clear that they would not allow the session unless the government agreed to set up a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to examine the Indo-US nuclear agreement.

The government’s attempt to defuse the focus from the nuclear deal by opting instead for a debate in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday failed as National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Third Front members stormed the house, insisting that the debate was useless unless there was a vote at the end to determine the opinion of the house.

The opposition members repeatedly pressed for adjournments until the chairs in both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha gave up. The Bharatia Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA threatened to not allow the functioning of Parliament on Friday either, prompting preparations by the government to end the monsoon session a week ahead of its scheduled closure ...

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Stalemate on JPC continues
Special Correspondent
NDA not to allow parliamentary debate
Government wants to kill issue through debate: Sushma
Last word has been said: Dasmunsi

NEW DELHI: The stalemate between the government and the Bharatiya Janata Party on the latter’s demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the nuclear deal continued on Thursday. There was no sign that either the BJP or the government would relent.

After a BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, followed by a meeting of the National Democratic Alliance, the Opposition took the stand that it would not allow a parliamentary debate on the nuclear deal.

“We decided it was a government trap to take the nuclear deal controversy through a parliamentary debate and thus kill the issue,” BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said at a press conference. “No JPC, no House,” she added, indicating that unless the government conceded the demand for a JPC, the Opposition would not allow Parliament to function ...

http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/07/stories/2007090761681400.htm

N-deal rocks Houses again, session may be cut short
Statesman News Service

NEW DELHI, Sept. 6: The nuclear affair today continued to paralyse Parliament raising the possibility of a premature sine die adjournment of its current session scheduled originally to last till 14 September ...

http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=169022