CPI(M) anti nuclear deal, organise protests

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) observed a "black flag day" in the city on Saturday to protest against the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal, supposed to be signed by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

The signing of the deal did not go through as announced. It has been put off. A string of top U.S. officials, including Condoleezza Rice, have confirmed that the nuclear deal between the two countries will be off if India decides to carry out nuclear tests."

Stating that certain tenets of the 123 agreement and the overriding influence of the Hyde Act would put the country's foreign and defence policy in a tight corner for as long as the deal was in operation,

Mr. Madhava said: "India has everything to lose with this agreement while America will gain another military base to help further its imperialist aspirations."

He said that an American military strain in India would severely and adversely alter the fragile geopolitics of the Asia Pacific region.

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