The Hindu Business Line : ‘Indo-US ties not hostage to nuclear deal’

New Delhi, Aug. 28 Keen to continue the developing relations with the US, a couple of Parliamentarians asserted that the Indo-US relationship was not hostage to the success or failure of the civilian nuclear deal.

Participating in a discussion at the India-US Forum of Parliamentarians (IUFP) organised by the American Chamber of Commerce in India (AMCHAM), Congress spokesperson and Co-Chairman of the IUFP, Dr Abhishek Singhvi, said, “The relationship between the two countries is multi-faceted, multi-cornered and multi-dimensional, so therefore, it is wrong to peg it on just the nuclear deal.”

He, however, added that the deal is like a ‘key to a lock’ which could open a lot of possibilities. “The deal, if and when it comes through, would give an added impetus to the existing relations,” Dr Singhvi said. According to the BJP spokesperson and member of IUFP, Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad, there is a whole big world in the Indo-US relationship which should not be overlooked. “We don’t want to close the option of going in for a nuclear test when the time comes, especially because of our hostile neighbourhood. Indo-US amity was initiated by the NDA Government when it was in power and if the Congress takes it forward we will surely support the move. So it is unfair to judge the Indo-US relationship in terms of the success or failure of the deal,” he said.

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