Drawing parallel with China is 8216;misleading8217;: CPM

He said the draft safeguards agreement for the nuclear deal circulated in the IAEA treats India as a non-nuclear weapon state and 8220;there is a whole world of differences between the two.

8220;Therefore, it is misleading to compare India with China8230;.we have always noted that the deal comes with strings which will only emasculate India8217;s sovereignty. That is why we are opposing the deal,8221; he said.

During the debate on confidence motion in Lok Sabha, Chidambaram said 8220;some people8221; do not want India to catch up with China.

8220;There are some people in the country who do not want India to catch up with China8230;They do not want India to be ahead of China,8221; Chidambaram said.