Nuke deal: A dead end?

Thanks to videos on CNN-IBN…which has allowed me to follow the latest news of India..which in general includes..the daily doses of rapes, murders,etc….but the one which is has really kept reporters on their toes is the political battle of the UPA and the left and this time its on the nuclear deal.

While experts like Abdul Kalam call it the best deal India could ever have and to go ahead with it. Even the critics of the deal, emphasize that with the Indian nuclear reactors, which have been loosing out on uranium fuel, most of them, currently working at only 30% of their max capacity, and the situation, which is likely to degrade…India will have to sign a deal..in the coming 3-4 years but with little advantages as this one, then why is LEFT objecting? Is it really the ideology of the left that has been a nail in the development of the country or is it just to embarrass the congress like it has been doing in the last 4 years, where it has threatened at least 4 times to withdraw support from the government. So is this threat just a mere fluke? And why does it has problem only with the Indo-US deal when similar agreements are to be made with countries like France and Russia.

With the US guaranteeing India that it will get the NSG clearance for India, without which India cant make nuke agreements with countries mentioned above. Recently even countries like Australia has refused nuke co-operation without the NSG clearance. Wouldn’t it be better for India to back off from the deal after the US government gets the NSG clearance for it? The left doesn’t thinks so. It prefers to embarrass the congress and question India’s International position of trust and integrity to make international agreements. I don’t know much about the communist ideology….but its surely not working here!!!

Bravo….to our prime minister, who calls himself as an accidental politician and has backed the deal calling it the best thing he would do in his tenure as PM. But should politics be played by heart? I mean…though the congress has publicly backed its PM…but will moods change in case there are chances of the government falling. The UPA has tried to gather support from the other parties like the SP, and it seems that the SP, one time, main adversary of the congress has been drifting towards it. But With the inflation rising to double digits….and hence with the congress being on back foot…it would be tough to decide whets going to happen in the next few days. but the real question is….is the deal worth to sacrifice the government?..and if yes…how will the congress convince its allies like laloo and co…for an early winter election..when the UPA currently has nothing to give for the aam aadmi.

One thing looks quite sure…whosoever will make the first move, either be the left or the UPA, will most likely be the loser. Lets see how Mrs. Sonia Gandhi pulls this one off.