Trust vote was avoidable: PM Taking the nuclear battle to Parliament on Monday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dismissed the Opposition charges against his government and asserted that every single decision taken by it was in the best interest of the people of the country.
Advani takes Manmohan to task Describing the UPA Government as a patient in the ICU, Opposition leader L K Advani held Prime Minister Manmohan Singh responsible for the present political crisis and said the nuclear deal has made India subservient to the US.
BJP strikes a different posture A day before the die is cast in the Lok Sabha, the NDA leaders looked a shade indifferent to the trust vote with the new born BSP-Left-TDP-led third alternative alone engaged in calculating and counting the numbers against the UPA Government.
Left was always in loop: Pranab Dismissing allegations of the Left parties that the UPA government has betrayed them, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee claimed in Parliament on Monday that every step for the Indo-US nuclear deal was taken after consulting the former outside supporters.
People stand outside the Parliament House in New Delhi on Monday. Parliament opened a special session to debate a confidence motion triggered by the withdrawal of support to the government by Left parties opposed to a nuclear deal with Washington. AFP
