N-deal: Malti Thapar writes to Badal

  • 16/07/2008

  • Tribune (New Delhi)

Moga, July 16 General secretary of the PPCC and former minister Malti Thapar has appealed to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to extend his party's support to the Manmohan Singh government on the nuclear deal. In a letter written to Badal today, she said, "No doubt that your association with the BJP is unquestionable, but SAD's or BJP's interests should not be larger than national interests'. She was of the view that for rapid agricultural and industrial growth, there was a need of cheaper and surplus power. Therefore, Punjab needed to have its own nuclear power plant to meet the demands of the people.