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The N-deal ; The Government is painted into a corner as the comrades refuse to give in. With the US deadline approaching, Manmohan has few options left.

It has now become a ritual. Before each meeting of the UPA-Left panel on the nuclear deal, come the great expectations and an equal amount of anxiety.

There is the usual debate over the merits of the deal. There is a buzz that this time round, the Government will finally bite the bullet and sacrifice itself for the nuclear cause.

And then comes the anticlimax. Nothing happens. Over the last nine months, there have been eight meetings of the 15-member panel over tea hosted by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

After over an hour of snacks and drafts, he comes out with a one- line statement: The panel has met and decided to meet again.

This week was slightly different in that; the ...

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