The CPI(M) general secretary said the cables show that the Americans are keen observers of the high-level corruption that exists in India’s political system.
Noting that WikiLeaks cables were a "sad and revealing" commentary of where Manmohan Singh and Congress have landed the country in, CPI(M) has said Americans were willing to for the UPA government to do everything to win the trust vote so that the nuclear deal goes through.
CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat said the cables show that the Americans are keen observers of the high-level corruption that exists in India’s political system.
"Understandably, the cable which reports the huge amounts of money being used for buying MPs of the opposition during the confidence vote in July 2008 has caused a furore," he said.
"The Americans were willing for the Manmohan Singh government to do everything to win the vote, so that the nuclear deal goes through. Any means, fair or foul, was acceptable for the Americans," Karat said in an article in party organ People's Democracy.
Noting that the cable also provides a "graphic and accurate" account of how DMK distributed money to voters, he said "with such knowledge the Americans have a correct measure of the corrupt politicians and how they can purchase them for their purposes."
"Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the coterie of officers around him who touted the nuclear deal as the next biggest thing to happen to India since Independence were actually advancing America’s interests, more than safeguarding the interests of the country," he said.
"As the cables make it clear, the United States was after not just the commercial benefit of a few billion dollars in sale of nuclear reactors but getting India firmly on its side as a strategic ally," he said.
Karat alleged the prime minister and Congress leadership were trying to "brazen out" these exposures.
"They make the claim that these cables are unverifiable and cannot be treated as authentic. This is a pathetic excuse when everyone knows that the US secretary of state Hillary Clinton herself had rang up the Indian foreign minister to warn about the leakage of these cables and the consequent embarrassment they may cause.
"The WikiLeaks cables are a sad and revealing commentary of where Manmohan Singh and the Congress leadership have landed the country," he added.
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