AHMEDABAD: BJP leader L K Advani has held Prime Minister Manmohan Singh responsible for the instability at the Centre and the uncertainty prevailing over the future of the Congress-led UPA Government, and said it (government) may not even complete its full term.

"The situation has changed dramatically in the past few months. There is instability at the Centre and the future of the UPA government looks uncertain. Lok Sabha elections will take place in 2008 and the Prime Minister is responsible for this (instability)", Advani said addressing an election rally at Ghatlodia.

Tracing the origin of the problem between the Congress and the CPI-M to Manmohan Singh's interview to a newspaper in which he had reportedly said his government would take forward the Nuclear Deal agreement with the USA and that the Left parties were free to withdraw their support to the UPA government, Advani said Singh's statement riled the Communists parties no end.

The coalition's future came under further stress after Congress President Sonia Gandhi's speech at a rally in Haryana wherein she said the Communists stance was affecting the process of development in the country, creating an environment of instability and uncertainty at the Centre since August last.

Comparing the functioning of the UPA coalition with that of the previous NDA government, Advani said, despite the NDA being a conglomeration of 21 different parties, Vajpayee gave an excellent example of how a coalition government should be run.

Flaying the Prime Minister on the Indo-US nuclear deal, he asked whether Singh was ready to make a "pledge" to the end that India would never undertake any further nuclear tests.

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