Wednesday, February 15 2006 10:16 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: With key outside supporters—the Left parties angry and sulking over various issues including the Iran vote, it will be a tough time for ruling Congress-led coalition in the budget session of Parliament beginning tomorrow (Feb 16,2006) as the opposition braces to launch a stiff attack on treasury benches.

The cup of woes of the Manmohan Singh Government has been full to the brim with friends and foes alike gunning for it on one issue or another, giving all indications that the three-month session would be more than a stormy affair.

"By March six, we will discuss, after that we will decide" is the ominous threat of the CPI-M-led Left Front which has warned it would bring the government "to its knees"if it sided with US and against Iran at the IAEA Board meeting scheduled on March six.

Adding fuel to fire, the BJP-led opposition, threatening to rake up many a controversy during the session—defreezing of the Quattroachi bank accounts, alleged indiscretion by Election Commissioner Navin Chawala, former Bihar Governor Buta Singh and the Supreme Court's strictures in Bihar Assembly dissolution case.

An interview by Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar, against the backdrop of the proposed Indo-US nuclear deal, that Washington was moving the 'goalposts' which would affect India's credible nuclear deterrent, has raised a storm.