The “breakthrough” in the logjam with the U.S. over the Civil Liability of Nuclear Damage Act is a reversal of the BJP’s position in Parliament, as also of a commitment by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in September last that India would be firm on suppliers’ liability, the CPI(M) has charged.
In the editorial of the upcoming issue of the party organ People’s Democracy, it recalled how the BJP had “stoutly” supported the Left parties in Parliament to force the UPA government to insert Section 17(b) — allowing liability in the case of an accident to apply to the supplier as well. The CPI(M) accused the Modi government of surrendering to U.S. pressures.
