India now seen as part of a US military block

INDIA EXPRESS – Congress on Wednesday demanded that the government retract the “disastrous” decision to sign the Logistics Support Agreement with the US, alleging that it would lead to “end of independence of India’s foreign policy and strategic autonomy”.

“NDA government’s decision to sign Logistics Support Agreement with the US is the beginning of the end of the independence of India’s foreign policy and strategic autonomy.

“It is a disastrous decision. Government should retract the decision and should not sign this agreement and other foundation agreements,” senior party leader and former defence minister A K Antony said.

Antony insisted that by signing this agreement, India would gradually become part of the American military bloc. “When UPA was in power, India had all along resisted such proposals. India had traditional relationship with Soviet Union, now Russia from the very beginning. Of late, we were steadily improving our relations with the US also. We always resisted pressure from everybody to be part of a military bloc,” he said.

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