India’s Congress party says Australia approved uranium sales to India in 2011, arguing that the step was not a “Modi breakthrough.” The claim follows statements by BJP IT department head Amit Malviya, who had said that in 2010 Australia refused to sell uranium to India and that a uranium export agreement between the two countries was reached under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
Congress and BJP are therefore presenting competing timelines for the uranium deal. According to the Congress party, the approvals for uranium exports came earlier, in 2011, which would predate Modi’s tenure as prime minister. The dispute centers on whether the agreement and related approvals occurred before or during Modi’s term.
Both sides reference prior Australian decisions and the timing of the uranium export arrangement between Australia and India, but the current reporting reflects Congress’s counterargument that the key approval action happened in 2011 rather than being driven by changes during Modi’s leadership.
