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Indian MP admits debate too complicated MIL/ET, Jul 22, 2008. New Delhi: July 22, 2008 - An Indian MP temporarily released from prison to cast a crucial vote in parliament admitted on Tuesday the debate over a controversial nuclear deal with the United States was too complicated for him. Ateeq Ahmed is one of six Indian lawmakers who was released from jail over the weekend to enable him to participate in a ballot that political commentators say is too close to call. Ahmed, who belongs to the regional Samajwadi Party that has promised to vote in favour of Premier Manmohan Singh's Congress-led coalition, made a surprising turnaround just hours before the trust ballot. "I have not understood what the deal is all about. Though I listened very attentively to the debate throughout yesterday (Monday), I could not make any head or tail out of it," Ahmed was quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India. "I will definitely vote against the government. If I, being a member of parliament, could not understand anything about the nuclear deal, then how can the people of the country follow it?" he said. The vote was triggered after a bloc of left-wing and communist parties pulled their support for Singh to protest the deal with Washington designed to bring India into the global loop of nuclear commerce after decades of isolation. Singh needs a simple majority to survive and see through the final year of his mandate. If he fails, the world's largest democracy will go into early election mode, most likely after the monsoon season ends in late September.
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