Washington. The importance being given to relations with India in America can be gauged from the fact that a bipartisan resolution has been introduced in the US Parliament, demanding that the process of selling arms to India should be expedited. Go The resolution aims to strengthen Indo-US relations and strengthen the security of the Indian Pacific Ocean region.
These MPs proposed
The motion was introduced in Parliament by Indian-American Democratic Congressmen Raja Krishnamurthy, Ro Khanna and Mark Weiss, as well as Republican Congressmen Andy Barr and Mike Waltz. Another companion resolution has been introduced in support of this proposal, introduced by Democratic Congressman Mark Warner and Republican Congressman John Cornyn. Regarding the proposal, Andy Barr’s office has said in its statement that ‘this proposal will put India at par with other close allies of America’. Also, with this proposal, the sale of weapons under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) policy of the Arms Export Control Act will be done faster and easier.
what is a bipartisan proposal
Explain that when the members of both the parties present a proposal together in the house, then it is called a bipartisan proposal. This bipartisan resolution has been introduced in the US Parliament at a time when PM Modi has recently returned to India after completing his successful US tour. On this visit itself, several important deals related to the sale of fighter jet aircraft engines have been approved between the US and India.
India will get benefit
Indian-American Congressman Krishnamurthy, who introduced the proposal, said that under the Arms Export Controls Act, arms are sold quickly and easily to America’s allies. Now India-US relations will be strengthened by including India in those allies. He said that after this resolution is passed, India will be able to get all the necessary weapons. Krishnamurthy said that strong ties between India and America are not only good for both the countries but it is also good for the democracies of the whole world.
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