Friday, August 18 2006 10:55 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: The CPI-M yesterday (Aug 17, 2006) expressed satisfaction at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurances on the Indo-US nuclear deal in Rajya Sabha, saying these could be converted into a sense of the House resolution.

"Let us assume it as the sense of the House resolution," CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury mooted after Singh completed his hour-long reply to the seven-hour debate on the nuclear deal.

He also sought a reassurance from the Prime Minister that India's interests will be fully protected.

The Left parties have been demanding a 'sense of the House' resolution on the deal.

However, senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said the Prime Minister has once again made the same assurance that he had given on previous occasions.

He said Singh did not touch many of the issues raised by him, such as US opposition to Russia supplying fuel to the Tarapore nuclear reactor and fast breeder programme not coming under the safeguards agreement.

Earlier Leader of the Opposition Jaswant Singh appealed to the Prime Minister to consider the demand for a sense of the House resolution on the issue as suggested by several political parties including the Left, SP, AIADMK, TDP and BJP.