We are not against nuclear energy. We are not against a very close relationship with America. India, which is the largest democracy in the world, should have a very close relationship with the strongest democracy of the world that is America. My charge is that this particular deal makes us a subservient partner.

The Constitution of India does not provide that an international agreement should be approved by the Parliament. But after this experience with the nuclear deal, I am of the view that the Constitution be amended so that in certain cases relating to security and in certain cases relating to the integrity of the country, the Parliament’s approval must be sought before entering into a deal...

India’s freedom in 1947 was accompanied by partition. But in 1950, it adopted a Constitution, which did not accept theocracy. Theocracy is alien to Indian culture and tradition. But does ‘secularism’ mean that you must have a kind of an allergy always to Hindus?

There were serial blasts in Mumbai, in Malegaon, in Hyderabad, and in Jaipur and then there were terrorist attacks in Ayodhya, Varanasi, Jammu and Bangalore. There was a terrorist attack on the Samjhauta Express...

Terrorism has no religion and terrorists do not belong to any religious community. Therefore, action against the terrorist will not annoy any community. It will not. But you are always concerned, on the basis of which, you keep on dragging a case like that of Afzal. It is not understandable.

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