Just days after he signalled a thaw in the Left-UPA chill, CPM general secretary Prakash Karat vowed to oppose a strategic alliance between India and the United States claiming that such a move was meant to “counter-balance” and “encircle” China.
Speaking at a CPM function here to mark the 90th anniversary of the Soviet Revolution, Karat made no mention of the nuclear deal but underlined his ideological opposition: “We shall not rest in our fight till strategic ties with the US are snapped.”
He said that the sole strategy of the US was to capture the Indian market. And why does US wish to “capture” the Indian market? “Because China will be equal to the US in terms of economy and growth by the middle of this century,” Karat said, “so China has to be encircled.” He said the US was trying to make India its strategic ally to counter China, “the most powerful socialist country capable of challenging the might of the USA”.
He said the Government is aware of this “US hegemony” but prefers to remain silent.
“USA has also changed its tactics of making Pakistan its strategic ally as it has now realised that if it can get India as a strategic ally, the balance will be tilted in favour of imperialism and neo-colonialism”, he said.
The strategic document of the US administration recognised China as a major threat to US hegemony, Karat said. India, with its potential for development, “is preferred as an ideal ally of the US. If it can get India as its ally, it can be a big game for the imperialists”, the CPM leader said.
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