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Left queries on safeguards thrust spotlight on corrective measures

Siddharth Varadarajan The government feels vagueness keeps international critics at bay. Following the formal withdrawal of Left support to the United Progressive Alliance, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and its three partners have issued a statement challenging the government's decision to keep the text of the safeguards agreement negotiated with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) a "secret.'