Is the Indo-US nuclear deal a capitulation of national sovereignty?
by M.K. Bhadrakumar 28-06-06 The final draft of the civil nuclear cooperation bill introduced in US Congress — passed overwhelmingly by the House International Relations Committee — in the nature of enabling legislation for the Indo-US nuclear deal, signifies an unprecedented capitulation of India’s national interests and national sovereignty by any government in power in New Delhi at anytime since the country’s independence six decades ago. The faceless, nameless spin doctors of the Indian government have already begun whispering that the US legislation is not binding on the United Progressive Alliance government and that as far as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is concerned, he will only stick to what he signed with US President George W. Bush last July. Why can’t they say this much openly? Perhaps, Manmohan Singh might like to check with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin when he goes to Moscow for the G8 summit meeting on July 15 as to what has been their experience vis-a-vis
