New Delhi
29 July 2006
The name of the United States 'mole' in the Prime Minister's Office
during the tenure of the late PV Narasimha Rao regime and other details have been
given to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, acording to former external affairs minister
and senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh.
He said this on the sidelines of a function held in Mumbai on Saturday for the release of
his book, 'A Call to Honour'.
"I had requested for personal time with the PM twice but there was no response both
times. Therefore yesterday I have sent the entire text of the letter to him, with no names
omitted, no details removed. The letter has been with him for the past 24 hours now. It is
upto him to do whatever is right in the national interest," he said.
He criticised, what he called, India's "subservient" US policy, saying "we have to stop
being dewy-eyed about the United States. The US objective to shackle India's nuclear
capability remains constant. Being natural allies with the US does not mean being
naturally subservient to US interests."
"What the US is doing in our region today is greatly detrimental to our interests. As far
as the nuclear deal is concerned, both governments have not been candid about the
purpose of the agreement," he added.
Singh also relived his "period of torment" during the Kandahar crisis saying, "how do
you choose between two wrongs? Letting three terrorists go unpunished was a great
moral wrong and letting 166 people die was also a great moral wrong. We chose life."
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