USA-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL POLITICAL OBSTACLES CLEARED
August 1st, 2008
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
SUPPORTERS of the Indo-US nuclear deal had almost lost hope this March that the agreement would ever come into force when the ruling Congress Party in New Delhi decided that it was not prepared to risk the fall of its coalition government over the issue. However, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has since broadened the parliamentary base of his government by soliciting support from a smaller socialist party) the Samajwadi Party) to counter any withdrawal of the crucial support from his anti-American communist allies in the Indian parliament. By ...
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