<p>Party politburo member and Rajya Sabha MP Brinda Karat said the government has gone against the recommendations of the Standing Committee that went into the Bill for the third time.<br /><br />"Definitely, it is not in national interest... the latest amendment goes against the recommendations of the Standing Committee of Parliament," she said.<br /><br />The CPI(M) leader alleged that the new amendments would only help and protect foreign suppliers.<br /><br />"As far as national interest is concerned, we certainly request and think all parties should move against the amendments," she said.<br /><br />One of the 18 amendments cleared by the Union Cabinet suggests that an accident in a nuclear plant should have occurred as a consequence of an act done with an "intent" if an operator has to claim damages from the supplier.<br /><br />The Left parties had yesterday slammed the new amendments and said it would make it impossible to ascribe liability to suppliers of equipment to new atomic power plants.<br /><br />"The formulation of 17 (b) proposed in the amendment is in fact worse than the provision contained in the original bill," CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat, CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan, Forward Bloc leader Debabrata Biswas and Abani Roy of the Revolutionary Socialist Party had said in a statement.</p>
<p>Party politburo member and Rajya Sabha MP Brinda Karat said the government has gone against the recommendations of the Standing Committee that went into the Bill for the third time.<br /><br />"Definitely, it is not in national interest... the latest amendment goes against the recommendations of the Standing Committee of Parliament," she said.<br /><br />The CPI(M) leader alleged that the new amendments would only help and protect foreign suppliers.<br /><br />"As far as national interest is concerned, we certainly request and think all parties should move against the amendments," she said.<br /><br />One of the 18 amendments cleared by the Union Cabinet suggests that an accident in a nuclear plant should have occurred as a consequence of an act done with an "intent" if an operator has to claim damages from the supplier.<br /><br />The Left parties had yesterday slammed the new amendments and said it would make it impossible to ascribe liability to suppliers of equipment to new atomic power plants.<br /><br />"The formulation of 17 (b) proposed in the amendment is in fact worse than the provision contained in the original bill," CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat, CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan, Forward Bloc leader Debabrata Biswas and Abani Roy of the Revolutionary Socialist Party had said in a statement.</p>