Singhvi and Sibal countered allegations that the Hyde Act had supremacy over the 123 agreement. “The 123 agreement is the last expression of the sovereign will,” Sibal said. Singhvi said that those familiar with US laws and the working of its constitution know that the 123 agreement will have supremacy over the Hyde Act.

SP leader Amar Singh said what the Prime Minister was doing was “not honourable” though he considered Manmohan Singh a “very honourable” man. Singh accused the government of going out of its way to believe the words of President Bush while not showing readiness to pay heed to the concerns of its own allies.

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will reply to the discussion tomorrow.

PM vs Yashwant vs Lalu

• BJP’s Yashwant Sinha: We didn’t go to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting because you didn’t want to annoy America

• Prime Minister: There was never any pressure on us or me... if the Indian Prime Minister goes to these meetings, he should not sit in the side lounge, coffee lounge, not be involved in an active manner

• Sinha: You did not sign this agreement (with the Russians on reactors for Koodankulam) under US pressure

• PM: Sinha is levying false charges against our government. Perhaps he is reminded of his own performance, when as India’s Finance Minister, he went to Japan and was not allowed to meet the Finance Minister there. He thinks all people are like him

• Sinha: When I was Finance Minister, the PM was Economic Advisor to the then Prime Minister

... contd.