Congress won't have time to approve US-India nuclear deal
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The US Congress says it will not have time during President Bush's administration to approve a landmark civilian nuclear agreement with India, which is at the centre of a bitter Indian political row.
The pact, signed by President George W Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House in 2005 would give India access to U.S. nuclear fuel and technology.
India was denied this after its 1974 nuclear bomb test.
The Communist Party of India has threatened to stop its support for the ruling coalition in parliament if it moves ahead with the pact.
It says the agreement would make India a pawn of Washington.
Months of wrangling in India have held up the pact being implemented as it still needs time consuming clearances from the International Atomic Energy Agency.
