The Indo-US nuclear deal figured in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday with the Congress alleging that the Left parties are opposing it because of "their allergy towards the US". Congress member M K Vishnu Prasad, while discussing grants to the electricity department, said that though there was now a hue and cry over the nuclear deal, "even those opposed to it will accept it one day as a necessity." "The deal will greatly help in transfer of technology in the future. But the Left is opposed to the project only because it has an allergy towards the US," he charged. He also said it was an agreement drafted with future requirements in mind by the Congress-led UPA government, considering the possible manifold increase in demand for power in the coming years.
D Sudarshanam, Leader of the Congress Legislature Party, joined Prasad in taking on the Left parties when he said that even the Communist-ruled China had a nuclear deal with the US. At this point, Rajasekaran (CPI) intervened and said that the deal would not be useful to India in any way. CPI(M) member John Joseph later said that even the common man was aware why the Left was opposed to the deal.
