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The Bahujan Samaj Party has withdrawn its support to the UPA Government . This announcement has come at a time when the Congress was busy pacifying the Samajwadi Party (SP) due to the nuclear deal. Apparently, the UPA Government does not require the BSP to stay in power, but it sure needs to get SP on board incase it wants the nuclear deal to move ahead. 'The BSP has decided to withdraw support from the Congress-led UPA Government,' said the BSP President.
The withdrawal of BSP’s support has not come as surprise as it was seen coming for a long time, but the timing definitely has. The BSP pulling out from the UPA at this juncture means new troubles for the Congress, which was busy propelling the nuclear deal. Mayawati's decision is a formality, it does not affect the UPA Government in the Lok Sabha one way or another. But her announcement will make the going tougher for UPA as far as nuke deal in concerned.
Now the UPA government will not just be deficient of 17 BSP MPs, but will also require SP support direly if the Left takes back its support. 'Mayawati's move will have no impact on the UPA Government,' said the general secretary of AICC, Digvijay Singh. The Left too is maintaining the pressure. A recent statement issued by the CPM remarked that the Indo-US nuke deal is not about energy but about strategic alliance with the
