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Left parties to reconsider support for Indian govt

AFP, New Delhi
A grouping of left-wing parties who prop up India's government will meet this week to reconsider their support and forcing early polls, an official said yesterday.
The four-party left wing and communist bloc is deciding whether to pull out of the coalition because of their opposition to a nuclear energy deal with the United States that would bring India into the fold of global atomic commerce.
The pact is being pushed by the dominant Congress party of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as crucial for India's energy security, but the l eft argues it will draw the
traditionally non aligned country too close toWashington.
"We will be meetlngon Friday to discuss our future strategy, including the issue of support," a senior Communist leader told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Tensions between Singh and the communists have been running high for months, but the likelihood ofearly elections--towards the end of the year rather than May 2009 --lias been seen as increasing after a crisis meetinglast week.
Since then Singh has appeared determined to press ahead with implementing the deal, and on Sunday Congress said its leader Sonia Gandhi had urged the party to gear up for elections. The Left-bloc is now reportedly watching to see if Singh will attend the Group of Eight rich nations summit in Japan next week and meet US President George W. Bush, which they would regard as a sign he will push ahead with deal.
"Earlier he (Singh) had said he would go only if he gets clearance to go ahead with the nuclear deal," Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Prakash Karat was quoted as saying by the Hindustan Times on Tuesday.
"His going to Japan is an indication that they (the government) are going ahead with the deal. We are, therefore, discussing the timing of withdrawal" of support, he said.
Asked whether the Left would pull out of the coalition if Singh went to Japan, the paper reported Karat as saying said: 'That is not the case yet We are still discussing the time (for withdrawing support)."
The nuclear deal - agreed in principle in 2005 -- would allow India to buy atomic power plants and technology despite not signing international non-proliferation pacts.
New Delhi still needs to negoti-ate an accord with the International Atomic Energy Agency to allow inspections of its atomic plants and garner a waiver from the 45-natlon Nuclear Suppliers Group before it can enter the global nuclear trade.