New Delhi, March 2 -- Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Monday credited Congress for the current India-China Strategic Energy Partnership Agreement, made possible by the 2008 Indo-US Civil Nuclear Agreement.

The 2008 deal, pushed through by then-PM Dr. Manmohan Singh despite intense domestic political opposition (including from the BJP at the time), ended India's "nuclear apartheid."

In a post on X, the Congress MP wrote, "The agreement that Canada and India have signed today has been made possible ONLY because of the Indo-US Nuclear Agreement finally signed in Oct 2008. This agreement was ENTIRELY because of Dr. Manmohan Singh's insistence and persistence. The agreement had been vehemently opposed by the BJP then."

Once the US and the Nucl...