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Obama’s win will inspire world: Manmohan New Delhi, November 5 Singh also invited Obama to visit India soon, saying a warm welcome awaited him in this country. The Prime Minister is expected to meet the US President-elect when he visits Washington later this month to attend the G-20 summit, convened by President George W Bush on November 15 to formulate a global strategy to deal with the international economic meltdown. “Our two countries working together to address global issues and challenges will be an important factor for world peace, stability and progress,’’ the PM said in his message. President Pratibha Devisingh Patil also congratulated Obama on his election. “India and the USA should build on the strong partnership that has been developed in recent years and strengthen our bilateral cooperation to the mutual benefit of our peoples even as we work together to face the unprecedented common challenges at the global level relating to the changing climate, threats from the dark forces of terror, and energy, health and food security,” she said. External affairs ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash, in a statement, noted that India and the USA have traditionally enjoyed warm and friendly ties based on the foundation of strong bonds of people-to-people linkages, shared values and their commitment to the principles of democracy, pluralism and rule of law. India looked forward to strengthening the partnership with the US, he added.
Victory historic, say Left, BJP New Delhi, November 5 BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar declared Obama’s election as “a historic event” here today. He said, “The election of a non-white person in the US is historic. But for the strong commitment of the people of the US in democracy this could have never happened. The communities, which could never even dream of coming anywhere close to power, would now control the levers of power,” Javadekar said. The Left has also heralded his election. CPM general secretary Prakash Karat said, “The election of the first black as the President of the US is a very significant development and the world has very high hopes from him now. But we will have to wait to see what policy decisions he will take.” Privately, CPM Politburo member Nilotpal Basu said, “Unless under Obama there is some change in US policies of ending unilateralism and moving toward multilateralism, his election may not make much of a difference to the larger global picture.” The BJP, too, has expressed its own reservations and apprehensions. Javadekar specifically mentioned at least three different areas on which India needed to keep a close watch under Obama’s presidentship. He mentioned these as Obama’s insistence on India signing the CTBT and cautioned the government against that. He also recalled Obama’s desire for active US mediation in Kashmir and reminded of India’s opposition to the third party mediation.
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