A US defence law signed by President Donald Trump has handed the Congress means to claim that India’s new nuclear law was rewritten in Delhi with Washington firmly in mind. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleged that recent changes to India’s nuclear liability framework were pushed through Parliament to align domestic law with US interests, citing a document signed by Trump. Page 1,912, Ramesh pointed out, refers to a “joint assessment between the United States and India on Nuclear Liability Rules”. The nuclear liability law is believed to have been one of the major reasons the US-India nuclear deal signed by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did not fructify. The Congress leader’s comments after the Rajya Sabha cleared the SHANTI Bill, following its passage in the Lok Sabha earlier in the week.

Source: The Telegraph December 20, 2025 12:38 UTC