With no fresh contact on the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill between the government and the Bharatiya Janata Party — or for that matter any other Opposition party — it seems the issue may be resolved, if at all, during the discussion on of the bill when it is taken up for consideration and passing in the Lok Sabha. The bill is now the property of the House. While the BJP said “it appears there is a deviation from the text that was agreed,” the Left made it clear that it would oppose the bill. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) did not agree with the text as approved by the BJP and other parties represented on the Standing Committee that considered the bill over the past three months. It had given a dissent note; and there was no question of it supporting the bill with further dilution of supplier liability. The changes in respect of supplier liability were “irrational and ridiculous,” D. Raja of the CPI said. The Left party leaders also said the government seemed to have learnt no lessons from what happened after the deadly Bhopal gas leak. S.S. Ahluwalia, a BJP member of the Standing Committee, was categorical that now whatever needed to be done had to be done on the floor of the House, not behind closed doors. “The bill is now the property of the House. Whatever changes are made now after the bill, with its proposed amendments, has been circulated to MPs, will have to be done during the course of the discussion on the bill. The government can move an amendment, the BJP may do so or any other party MP is free to move an amendment on the floor of the House…” Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Prithviraj Chavan confirmed to The Hindu that there was no contact with the Opposition leaders on Sunday. “We will be contacting them,” he said. For, well before the bill is taken up, the government will again try to hammer out an agreement with the BJP on any fresh amendment that may be worked out. Since Monday and Tuesday are not working days in Parliament — there are no sittings on account of Onam and Rakshabandhan holidays — the earliest the fracas over the exact words to be used to pin supplier liability can only be Wednesday. At least two of the key players from the BJP — Yashwant Sinha and Sushma Swaraj — were both away in their constituencies, while Arun Jaitley told PTI: “We are examining all the papers. Prima facie, it appears there is a deviation from the text, which was agreed upon. The language as framed now substantially nullifies supplier liability.” He confirmed that there was no contact between the government and the BJP. This was on Sunday, a day after the text of the bill, as approved by the Cabinet, began to be circulated among MPs Immediately there were protests, the strongest from the Left parties, that by introducing “intent to cause nuclear damage” as a condition for suppliers' liability, the government was again trying to let nuclear suppliers get away with almost no liability. Open to concerns, says Congress PTI reports: The Congress said on Sunday that the government was open to take Opposition concerns onboard to build the widest possible consensus on the matter. Congress spokesman Manish Tewari termed the bill as “work in progress” and said the government had always been open to address the legitimate concerns on the draft legislation. “It (bill) is a work in progress and I think if at all there are any legitimate concerns, the government has always been open and would be open to taking those concerns onboard because that is what is the essence of any Parliamentary democracy.” However, he made a distinction between criminal and civil liability and said that the Bill in question dealt with “strict civil liability.”

One-day tri-series, Dambulla:
Sri Lanka 104-2 (15.1 ovs) beat India 103 (33.4 ovs) by eight wickets
 

Perera recorded his best ever one-day bowling figures in Dambulla

Sri Lanka sealed an eight-wicket victory to condemn India to their second comprehensive one-day defeat in the triangular series in Dambulla.

Thisara Perera (5-28) starred for the hosts, who dismissed India for 103, with Yuvraj Singh top-scoring with 38.
Tillakaratne Dilshan (35) and Mahela Jayawardene (33) ensured the hosts reached their target in 15.1 overs.
The win confirms Sri Lanka's place in the final, while India must beat New Zealand on Wednesday to qualify.
The Black Caps thrashed India by 200 runs in the opening match of the tournament on 10 August, but have since lost to Sri Lanka while their second encounter against the hosts was abandoned because of rain.
However, Mahendra Dhoni's side will need to significantly improve on yet another abject display at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium.
Sri Lanka, who needed a victory to book their place in the tournament final on Saturday, dropped spinners Rangana Herath and Ajantha Mendis, and recalled seamer Perera.

Their bowlers bowled in the right channels and pushed us into making mistakes Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Off-spinner Suraj Randiv also returned following a one-match suspension for deliberately bowling a no-ball to deny Virender Sehwag a century in India's six-wicket win last Monday.
After winning his first toss in Sri Lanka, India skipper Dhoni opted to bat but lost the enigmatic Sehwag lbw to Nuwan Kulasekara in the sixth over.
Opening partner Dinesh Karthik soon followed as the seam trio of Lasith Malinga (2-21), Kulasekara (2-31) and Angelo Mathews (1-20) put Sri Lanka in total control.
Perera ripped through the lower middle order, removing Ravindra Jadeja and Praveen Kumar for ducks before bowling last-man Ishant Sharma to dismiss India for a paltry 103, their third-lowest total against Sri Lanka in one-day internationals.
Ishant's wicket also gave the 21-year-old, playing in his 11th one-day international, his first limited overs five-wicket haul.
"He (Perera) had a fantastic game today and really won us the match," said Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara.
"We would also have batted first had we won the toss. But our bowlers bowled a great line and length right from the start. We have got a varied attack."
The returning Yuvraj, fully recovered after suffering dengue fever earlier in the tour, was the only India batsman to resist, hitting five boundaries and one maximum in his 64-ball innings before he was trapped lbw by Malinga.
India's deficiencies with the bat were ruthlessly exposed by Jayawardene and Dilshan, who smashed 14 boundaries in a blistering 79-run opening wicket partnership from just 50 deliveries.
Although both openers fell in successive deliveries to Ishant in the 10th over, Upal Tharanga and Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara ensured there were no further hiccups for the hosts.
"We didn't get the kind of start we needed," said Dhoni. "Their bowlers bowled in the right channels and pushed us into making mistakes."