Bengaluru, India – In the sultry August heat of 2007, India’s government under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was sweating over the future of negotiations with the United States over a landmark nuclear deal. The proposed agreement aimed to ease access to nuclear fuel and technology in exchange for greater international scrutiny of India’s facilities. The problem? India’s communists – suspicious of the US – were opposed to the deal. And they were India’s kingmakers. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3 India denounces ‘hellhole’ remark shared by Trump list 2 of 3 Raghu Rai, legendary Indian photographer, dies at 83 list 3 of 3 Two Kashmir brothers: One killed by rebels, another by army 26 years later end of list With 62 seats in India’s lower house in parliament, their support was holding up the Singh government. And the so-called Left Front threatened to withdraw that support if the PM went ahead with the deal.…