Stepping up its attack on the government on the Indo-US nuclear deal, BJP on Saturday charged the Congress-led UPA with perpetrating a "mega fraud" on both Parliament.
BANGALORE: Stepping up its attack on the government on the Indo-US nuclear deal, BJP on Saturday charged the Congress-led UPA with perpetrating a "mega fraud" on both Parliament and people of the country on the issue.
The party, however, insisted that its opposition to the deal was "fundamentally different" from that of the Left as it was for "good, friendly relations with the US including strategic partnership.
"The BJP is for strategic partnership with the US but not for strategic subservience which is what the deal is about," the political resolution adopted by the party here on the second day of the National Executive meet said.
"The text of the nuclear agreement and the statements of the Bush administration establish that the UPA government has perpetrated a mega fraud on both Parliament and the people of the country," it said, adding "none of the assurances that were given to Parliament have been kept."
The party alleged that all assurances about "assured fuel supply, transfer of technology are patently misleading" and underscored that any compromise on "India's right to nuclear test is wholly unacceptable".
The waiver granted by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) "only worsens India's strategic interests" and the party's stand that the deal in the present form seriously compromises India's strategic sovereignty and the right of nuclear test has been "completely vindicated after the recent revelations", party general secretary H N Ananth Kumar said.
The saffron party said the deal in its present form is also prone to have serious commercial and security implications.
"Any future test done in national interest would seriously impact nuclear commerce with NSG members. This has serious security implications as the country has lost power to develop credible minimum nuclear deterrence," Kumar said.
"The BJP would like to clarify that our opposition to the deal is fundamentally different that of the Left parties. We are for good, friendly relations with the USA including strategic partnership," the resolution said.
It warned that the deal could lead to future discord between the US and India,
The opposition party accused the Congress of "patently false representation" of the deal before people and claimed that the country would soon understand the "falsity".
"The consistent campaign of the Congress party and the UPA government that the deal would lead to energy security and availability of power is equally misleading.
"This would go down as a clear cut case of patently false representation. The nation and people of the country would very soon realise the falsity of the claim," Kumar said.
BJP alleged that while the power situation in the country was grim, the UPA government instead of taking immediate meaningful measures is declaring "wait for 25 years for nuclear power."
Speaking in the same vein, party chief Rajnath Singh said at the meeting hat the "revelations" have also proved that "concealing of facts" was not done by the US government but by the Indian Government.
The party's reaction came in the wake of US President George W Bush's communication to the Congress saying that a provision in the 123 Agreement records certain political commitments concerning reliable supply of nuclear fuel given to India which were not legally binding.
Rajnath wondered whether by agreeing to terms of the NSG, the country had wilfully converted its unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing into multilateral international commitment.
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