Both Singh and the US State Department helped spread the canard that foreign influence was at work behind the scenes. “External forces,” Singh declared in Parliament, are trying to prevent India from taking “its true place” in the comity of nations.
关于腐败的争论还有一点令人沮丧。不管是辛格还是美国国务院，都在欺骗民众，说外国势力在幕后施加影响。辛格在国会上断言，“外部势力”在阻止印度在睦邻友好中“找到自己的真实位置”。“我们决不能中敌人的计。”严肃地说。