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The Congress Saturday said the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill was “bulldozed” in Parliament only to help Prime Minister Narendra Modi “restore shanti” with his “once good friend”. Congress general secretary in-charge for communication Jairam Ramesh said the SHANTI Bill does away with key provisions of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, a concern raised in the United States’ National Defence Authorisation Act for 2026.
Ramesh said US President Donald Trump has just signed the National Defence Authorisation Act for the US fiscal 2026. “The Act is 3,100 pages long. Page 1,912 has a reference to the joint assessment between the United States and India on Nuclear Liability Rules,” said the Congress leader in a post on X.
“Now we know for sure why the Prime Minister bulldozed the SHANTI Bill through Parliament earlier this week that, among other things, did away with key provisions of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 that had been passed unanimously by Parliament,” he said. “It was to restore SHANTI with his once good friend,” the Congress leader said, attaching a copy of the US Act in his post.
“The SHANTI Act may well be called the TRUMP Act – The Reactor Use and Management Promise Act,” Ramesh said.
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