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New Delhi: A day after Left warned the Government yet again on Indo-US nuclear deal, the Opposition BJP made clear it was ready for elections. However, the party sought to downplay the threat.

"This is not for the first time that such a threat has been given. They have done so in 10-12 occasions," BJP President Rajnath Singh was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

Singh also “welcomed” Election Commission notice to Congress President Sonia Gandhi for her "merchant of death" remarks. "The EC has taken cognizance. It has done the right thing," Singh was quoted as saying.

However, Government issued a statement saying the deal with US was of "paramount" importance for the country. "There is no deal between the UPA and Left before Gujarat election as part of which it allowed the Centre to go to IAEA on talks on India specific safeguards...Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi can never think of making any compromise on any political expediency," Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma was quoted as saying by PTI.

Sharma said enhancing nuclear potential was a must for rapid economic growth of the country and asked parties to rise above political considerations on the issue.

The concerns of the Left and opposition on the nuclear issue had been "duly addressed" by the Centre, Sharma added.