Countering the CPI(M) and the BJP charges on the Indo-US nuclear deal, Union Minister Kapil Sibal today said there was no truth in the "misinformation" campaign launched by them.
The BJP and the Left have been saying that the UPA government is misinforming the nation about the deal and alleged the Centre of surrendering the nation's right to conduct strategic nuclear tests to the US.
"No power in the world can stop us from conducting the tests. Whether we test or not that is our sovereign decision. If they want to take action, it is their sovereign decision," Sibal said at a seminar on Indo-US Nuclear Deal organised by Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) here.
There was absolutely no truth in the opposition argument that the recent US State Department letter to House Committee on Foreign Affairs showed that the government had hidden some vital features of the pact and misled the country, the science and technology minister said.
The 60-year-old leader said only the 123 agreement was binding on the country, which was advantageous to the nation in many ways and would also help end its 30 years of isolation from civil nuclear regime.
Holding that too much emphasis need not be given on the Hyde Act, he said when a conflict arose between a domestic law and an international treaty, the latter would prevail.
The problem with the CPI(M) had always been that it could not see "beyond its nose."
It appeared that the party did not want India to progress like China, Sibal alleged.