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'Nuclear Bill will let foreign firms off the hook'

The Hindu, 16 March 2010

The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left have decided to oppose at the introductory stage itself the Bill to cap liability in the event of a nuclear accident. On Sunday when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh telephoned Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj asking for support to the Nuclear Liability Bill, Ms. Swaraj told him politely, but firmly, that her party was opposed to it in principle and could not accede to his request to reconsider its stand. About a month ago, National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon wanted to meet Opposition leaders Arun Jaitley and Ms. Swaraj. “I could not make it to the meeting, but my colleague Arun Jaitley met him. We told him then too that the BJP was opposed to the Bill,” Ms. Swaraj said.

Source : http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article246016.ece

 

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