After a long period of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had a press conference today, 3rd january 2014. The Prime minister focussed the signing of the Nuclear Deal as the high point of his tenure. This was one of the most controversial decision taken by him which has been opposed by the majority of MPs, but was managed to be passed through dubious means.

I am giving below a brief review of this point made by Ganashakti Daily:

“The other point was the ‘strategic relationship’ with the US. It is not a coincidence that he repeated that the signing of the nuclear deal with the US in 2008 & the building of the strategic relationship with the US is the high point of his tenure. It is significant to remember that this was the exact accusation laid by the CPI(M) & the left parties when they fought against the 123 deal. That the nuclear deal is not required by the country has been underlined by the complete & comprehensive lack of any implementation of the agreement, in the last 6 years. It is an absolute zero. The only use of that deal, as CPI (M) General Secretary had said then was as a smoke screen to establish a ‘strategic relationship’ with the US. The PM had denied it then & had taken recourse to the most cynical measures to acquire confidence for his government in the parliament. Considering that the US administration has hardly ever objected to the non-implementation of the deal underlines the point. The trajectory of the strategic relationship is now clear with the US declaring the Asia Pacific region as its new ‘pivot’ & the basing of 60% of its Naval fleet in these waters. The PM did not refute the complete impossibility of this position sucking India into the consequences of US interests.”