Delayed but not dead: PM on Nuclear deal

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that India’s controversial nuclear deal with the United States had been delayed but was not dead.
Delayed but not dead: PM on Nuclear deal
“There is some delay but we have not reached the end of the road,” Singh told a joint news conference with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel in New Delhi.

Left parties have threatened to withdraw support for Singh’s ruling coalition if the nuclear deal went ahead, which could lead to the fall of the Congress-led government.

Earlier, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson had said in New Delhi that Indian approval of the nuclear energy deal with the United States would be seen positively by global business,

“I believe it would be perceived positively by the global business community if it goes through,” Paulson told journalists accompanying him on his four-day visit to India.

With agencies inputs