Vol. 8, Issue : 6
June -2016
Modi’s Visit to US:
All the Way to Washington to Genuflect
In yet another visit the US, the Prime Minister
NarendraModi seems to have agreed to all the
demands made by the US imperialist monsters.
This process of overtly aligning with the US
imperialism began when Bajpayee was the PM and
continued through the UPA and NDA governments.
According to press reports quoting diplomatic
sources, the US off icials expressed their
“displeasure” over the slow pace of reforms,
particularly in the field of market access, intellectual
property rights, retrospective tax and goods and
services tax, in official-level joint meeting.
On his part, Modi assured Obama that the issues
related to the market access for US companies will
be thrashed out in the Trade Policy Forum due to
be held before the end of this year. Modi immediately
generated business to US companies by agreeing
to start preparatory work on the designated site in
India for six AP 1000 nuclear reactors to be built by
the Westinghouse and to the finance package for
this project to be arranged by the Export- Import
Bank of US. The finalization of the contract will be
signed in June 2017. There is a confusion in the
Indian press whether the Westinghouse reactors
would be erected in Gujarat or Andhra Pradesh. The
joint statement merely said it will be at a designated
place. Modi described this as the “largest of its kind”,
he did not only paid attention to the safety of Indian
people but also not even bothered to calculate the
cost of electricity to the end-user. For this breakneck speed decision, Modi is rewarded with a
promise to support fully the entry of India into Nuclear
Supply Group and Missile Technology Control
Regime. Back home Modi presented this as a
symbol of Super power status f or India.
Notwithstanding these claims, it is clear that India’s
civil nuclear programme will be under full control of
the US imperialism.
The joint statement announced the ‘finalisation
of the text of the Logistics Exchange Memorandum
of Agreement” which will be signed shortly. This will
give access to the Indian military bases for US 2
armed forces as a routine affair. Modi went a step
ahead and said India is open to other such
agreements, such as Communication and
Information Security Memorandum of agreement,
which would facilitate further expansion of bilateral
defence co-operation in practical ways”. The military
ties between the two countries further pushed with
DefenceTechnology and Trade Initiative (DTTI)
which included items covering naval systems, air
systems and other weapon systems. The US
promised to assist India in building an aircraft carrier.
Thus knot by knot the US imperialists are toeing
India closer to its strategic aims as a junior partner.
This is clearly visible when it comes to the socalled co-operation on Asia –Pacific region. As a
part of “US-India Joint Strategic Vision for the AsiaPacific and Indian Ocean Region”. Though the joint
statement used subtle words in this regard, the US
imperialism pinned down India to specific action
such as US-India maritime security dialogue and a
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