The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
On Purchase of USS Trenton
The Comptroller and Auditor General’s report on the purchase of the US naval ship the USS Trenton, (now named as INS Jalashwa) is a damning indictment which puts into question why the ship was bought at all. The CAG report has raised various disturbing issues:(a) Why was the ship of 1971 vintage bought when the US Navy itself had concluded in 2003 that the ship was not suitable for modernisation and should be decommissioned in 2006. (b) Why was the $50 million deal finalised after only a visual inspection. (c) Why were “restrictions on offensive deployment” accepted and permission given to the US to “conduct an inspection and inventory of all articles transferred under the end-use monitoring clause”. (d) In the light of six Indian sailors dying abroad this ship due to a gas leak, were the authorities not aware that ships of this class had suffered similar problems in the past and three US sailors had lost their lives?
The country would like to know why the government is going in for such defence deals with the United States? Is it due to the pressure of the Bush administration to buy US arms and defence equipment?
The government should order an enquiry and come out with a statement in parliament. It should assure the country that such dubious defence purchases will not be resorted to in the future.
Definitely there should be an enquiry about this deal. How can a ship be bought merely on a visual inspection?
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There should definately be an inquiry.This is a act of treason.All responsible persons directly and indirectly should be investigated, Service personnel involved as well as their Civilian superiors starting from Prime Minister, Defence Minister down who were in power at the time the shameful deal was done and accepted.These people shall be tried in court of law or court-marshalled as the case may be. The punitive action must be so severe as to serve as a very effective deterrent in future should anyone try such shameful act.
hell, where were these radicals when the Great white elephant named Gorshkov was shoved down the Indian Navy, based on similar Inspections?
As far as the purchase goes, its 50 million dollars, this is a ship we are taking about, thats is pocket change when ship of this size are considered, it was a steal, try to have more faith in the Navy then some communists who claim to be a democratic party, now that is a scandal worth investigating.