PRESS RELEASE

DEMONSTRATION AGAINST INDO-US NUCLEAR DEAL

AT CHURCHGATE STN. (E), MUMBAI, 4th OCT, 4.30pm"

ONE ASIA - UNITED ASIA"

"CONDOLEEZA RICE - GO BACK"

"WE OPPOSE THE 123 AGREEMENT & HYDE ACT"

"DEAL IS THREAT TO INDIA'S SOVEREIGNTY & AN INDEPENDENT FOREIGN POLICY"

"UNITE IN THE NATIONAL & GLOBAL STRUGGLE AGAINST AMERICAN IMPERIALISM"

IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED BY THE POLITICAL PARTIES AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS AND MASS MOVEMENTS OPPOSED TO THE INDO-US NUCLEAR DEAL THAT, THE BASIS ON WHICH THE CONGRESS LED UPA GOVERNMENT IS SIGNING THE INDO-US NUCLEAR DEAL WILL EFFECTIVELY CONVERT INDIA INTO A JUNIOR PARTNER OF THE US STRATEGIC ORBIT. AN HONEST ANALYSIS OF THE 123 AGREEMENTS AND THE HYDE ACT WILL PROVE THAT THEY ARE A GROSS INFRINGEMENT ON THE VERY SOVEREIGNTY OF OUR NATION & WILL HAVE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. MOREOEVER THIS IS SOON TO BE FOLLOWED BY VARIOUS STRATEGIC AGREEMENTS LIKE THE LOGISTICS & SUPPORT AGREEMENT THAT WILL AT A POINT, COMPELL INDIA TO SIDE & SUPPORT THE USA IN ITS AGENDA TO WAGE WARS FOR GLOBAL HEGEMONY AND CONTROL OVER THE RESOURCES OF THE THIRD WORLD, ESPECIALLY IN ASIA.

BUSH HAS CLEARLY STATED THAT THE 123 WAS MERELY A FRAMEWORK & WAS NOT LEGALLY BINDING ON THE US & THAT THERE WAS A CLEAR DICTAT ON FURTHER TESTING ON INDIA AS WELL AS THAT THERE WERE NO GUARANTEES OF CONTINUOUS NUCLEAR SUPPLY & EVEN THAT THE USA ITSELF WOULD THEN LOBBY WITH THE OTHER NSG COUNTRIES TO BREAK OF CO-OPERATION WITH INDIA. THERE HAVE BEEN UNAMIBUOUS STATEMENTS ESPECIALLY FROM CONDOLEEZA RICE ABOUT THE ABOVE REFERRED ISSUES TIME & AGAIN, BUT BOTH THE GOI & OUR MEDIA HAS EITHER CHOSEN TO IGNORE OR THEN TO TOTALLY DISTORT THE TRUTH BY FALSIFYING THE FACTS REGARDING US INTENTIONS OF ENTRAPPING INDIA & THUS CAUSE FOR GRAVE CONCERN.

ALSO THE FACT LIES THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS ALIGNING WITH A COUNTRY THAT IS A POWER ON THE DECLINE. THE US AS THE SOLE SUPERPOWER IS PASSE, AS IS EVIDENT IN THE LATEST FINANCIAL CRISIS. WE ARE NOW IN THE POST-AMERICAN PHASE & CLEARLY HEADING TOWARDS AN ASIAN CENTURY WITH CHINA, INDIA, RUSSIA, IRAN, VENEZUELA, BRAZIL & SOUTH AFRICA BEING THE LEADERS IN A MUTI-POLAR WORLD, WHILST US & EUROPE WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY DECLINE.

BE IT THE RESISTANCE IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, PALESTINE, LEBANON, SOMALIA OR GEORGIA AMONGST OTHERS, US POLICIES OF WAGING WAR ARE NOW COMING HOME TO ROOST & BOTH THE US MILITARY & FINANCIAL POWER HAVE REACHED THEIR LIMITS OR RATHER THAT THE IMPERIAL OVERSTRETCH IS NOW EVIDENT. THUS AN ALIGNMENT WITH AMERICA THAT FURTHER BINDS US INTO STRATEGIC ACCORDS, WILL HARM OUR MOBILITY AND CHOICES IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA & WILL IN FACT LEAD TO OUR ISOLATION IN THE NEWLY BUT FAST EMERGING
& CHANGING INTERNATIONAL LANDSCAPE.

IT IS THUS OUR DEMAND THAT:

THE 123 AGREEMENT BE RE-NEGOTIATED BEFORE ITS FINAL SIGNATURE AND THAT THE HYDE ACT THAT SUPERCEDES THE 123 AGREEMENT, BE REJECTED IN TOTO.

THE GOI END ALL STRATEGIC AND MILITARY CO-OPERATION WITH THE US EMPIRE AS THAT IS A BETRAYAL OF OUR INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT & THE LEGACY OF OUR ANTI-COLONIAL STRUGGLE.

INDIA PURSUE A FOREIGN POLICY INDEPENDENT OF US PRESSURE.

INDIA SHOULD ONCE AGAIN ASSUME THE MANTLE AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT AND STRENGTHEN THE GLOBAL SOUTH AGAINST BEING EXPLOITED BY THE US & EUROPEAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE NATO WAR MACHINE.

TO FULFILL OUR GROWING ENERGY NEEDS, THE GOI SHOULD IMMEDIATELY FINALISE THE IRAN-PAKISTAN-INDIA OIL PIPELINE WHICH HAS BEEN ABANDONED DUE TO US PRESSURE.

THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD PLAY A PRO-ACTIVE ROLE TO RESOLVE THE ENERGY CRISIS BY EXPLORING ALL CONVENTIONAL AND NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY OPTIONS ON A WAR FOOTING.

THE DEMONSTRATION WILL BE LEAD BY BHARIP BAHUJAN MAHASANGH - PRAKASH AMBEDKAR (NATIONAL PRESIDENT), DILIP BANSODE (MUMBAI PRESIDENT).RASHTRIYA SAMAJ PAKSH (RSP) - MAHADEV JANKAR (NATIONAL PRESIDENT), FEROZE MITHIBORWALA (NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT-RSP), AMOL MADAME (MUMBAI PRESIDENT-RSP).
CPI-ML - SANJAY SINGHVI (CENTRAL POLITBURO MEMBER) KISHORE JAGTAP (AWAMI BHARAT), JATIN DESAI (PAKISTAN INDIA FORUM FOR PEACE & DEMOCRACY),SANOBER (LOKSHAHI HAKK SANGATHANA), ASLAM GHAZI (JAMAAT-I-ISLAMI-HIND), SIRAJ MOHAMMED (MPJ), SAYEED KHAN (AWAMI BHARAT), ARUN VELASKAR (CPI-ML), SYED IFTIKHAR AHMAD (MUSLIM INTELLECTUAL FORUM), SUDHIR DHAWLE, MUKTA SRIVASTAVA (NAPM), SHAKEEL (NIRBHAY BANO ANDOLAN), MUNNAWAR KHAN, JAGDISH NAGARKAR (PHULE-AMBEDKAR VICHAR MANCH), VARSHA V V (SADHBHAVA SANGH), MULNIWASI MALA (INDIAN SOCIAL MOVEMENT), ARIF KAPADIA, CHETNA BIRJE, RESHMA JAGTAP, JYOTI BEDEKAR (VIDYARTHI BHARTI) & AFAQ AZAD.