India has requested Japanese support for its nuclear deal with the United States, which has drawn widespread opposition from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Left allies in New Delhi, the Hindustan Times reported Monday.
In return, India will pledge support to Japan's anti-global warming moves, the report said. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit India this week.
An 80-member decision-making body of India's largest Left party supporting Singh's coalition government is due to meet Wednesday to endorse its call for a halt to New Delhi's nuclear accord with Washington.
The central committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), whose support is crucial for the survival of the federal government, comprises top party functionaries, chief ministers of Left-ruled states and leaders of trade unions.
At its two-day meeting beginning Wednesday, the CPI (Ma's central committee will discuss the party's resolution that warned Sing's government of serious consequences if it went ahead with talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency for talks on nuclear safeguards as part of the deal with Washington, the report said.
The CPI (M)'s constitution provides that all party decisions should be ratified by its central committee.
Source: Xinhua
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