New Delhi, Sept 06: The CPI-M today strongly opposed the joint military exercises with the United States in Ladakh saying that it would be harmful to India's sovereignty and security interests. "The Vajpayee government is going ahead with the US proposal to integrate the Indian armed forces with the US strategic plans," the CPI-M polit bureau said in a statement here.


CPI-M said the exercises on the India-China border come after a similar exercise at the Mizoram jungle training school in northeast and alleged that the US armed forces were being given access to all vital sectors within India.
Opposing the "strategic military collaboration", it said the Vajpayee government should reverse the approach.

Bureau Report