'N-deal to establish US hegemony over Asia'

KANNUR: CPI (M)'s Kerala unit on Wednesday said the move to operationalise the Indo-US nuclear deal was aimed at bringing India closer to the US to enforce American 'hegemony' over the Asian nations.
   
The US, which does not like China's emerging stature as another economic super power, apprehends that it cannot impose its hegemony in Asia if India, Russia and China forged closer ties, CPI-M politburo member Pinarayi Vijayan, who is also Kerala unit secretary, said here.
  
America wanted to "strike the nuclear deal" to turn New Delhi as its strategic partner, he said
  
The American initiative to see through the nuclear deal was a clear ploy to get India's support for its 'secret imperialistic designs; at a time when others, including the Latin American nations, "are found to be refusing to toe the US line," Vijayan said.
  
Alleging that the Nuclear Suppliers Group was formed to protect the U.S interests, Vijayan said the External Affairs Ministry's affirmation that India would continue to maintain moratorium on nuclear tests amounted to "deviating from its traditional and independent foreign policy."
  
"However, a few corporate media (units) have willfully failed to highlight where the country was heading to by opting to remain submissive to the U.S. designs and it is time the entire media reflected the adverse and long standing impact of the emerging scenario", he said after inaugurating the city bureau of CPI-M mouthpiece 'Deshabhimani' here.