Thursday, February 23 2006 14:13 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: With both Houses of Parliament witnessing repeated adjournments, CPI(M) today(Feb 23,2006) accused both the government and the Opposition of trying to 'scuttle' any discussion on the Indo-US or Iran nuclear issues before the upcoming visit of US President George W Bush.

"Probably the government does not want to have a discussion on these issues before the visit of Bush and the BJP also does not want to be seen supporting the Government's line on the matter. If this is true, then it is really very unfortunate," CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury said after the two Houses witnessed repeated adjournments over Opposition charge that the Government was interfering in the working of CBI.

Observing that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was slated to have made a statement on Iran nuclear issue today, he said now with such a situation continuing, the discussion cannot be taken up today.

"It cannot be held tomorrow due to the Rail Budget, nor on February 27 because of presentation of Economic Survey and the next day due to the General Budget. President Bush would arrive here on Tuesday", Yechury said.

Asked to comment on the Opposition charge about Government's 'interference' in CBI's functioning, he said "We have sought a short-duration discussion on the matter as the government says it has sought information, while the opposition claims it was interfering. The matter should be clarified".

"But to disrupt proceedings in both the Houses is really unfortunate", Yechury said.