Sonia Prefers Comrades to Nation
Posted : May 12, 2008 at 1:35 pm [IST]
Why should even even a minor party such as CPI keep on humiliating the PM? Why shouldn’t Sonia understand that the leftists would not budge from their stands against every thing that is with US tag in it? Russia may yield. China may follow American capitalist system. But Indian communists will not do anything that helps open the resources for the scarce energy to India. They will not like Indian scientists get access to the world of scientific knowledge. Why should the leftists be more important than all the intellectuals advising the government to go ahead with the Nuclear Deal?
K. Subrahmanyam has written an open letter ‘To PM, Sonia, Advani‘ to go for the Nuclear Deal. “The East India Company occupied this country without bringing in a large invading army. By fighting among themselves, the Indian maharajahs and nawabs handed over the country to the Company. Are we going to see a repeat of that because of the parochial infighting among our major political parties?”
Meghnad Desai, another economist has also written about the importance of the Deal. “The fiasco with the nuclear deal shows that neither the avowed goal of energy supplies nor the real one of strategic security alliance matters when it comes to family concerns of the ruling party.” http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2503570.cms India cannot hope to be a great power with small politicians.
Prem Shankar Jha opines, “The truth is that Pranab is engaged in a game called dumb charades that children normally play. In it, each team mimics people or historical events in absolute silence and the other has to guess what it is. His charade is being played out to fool the dumb people of India into believing that the Congress did its best for the country and cannot be held responsible for letting it down. It (India) is losing the deal now that will enslave India for the foreseeable future.”
Brahma Chellaney is another analyst who keeps on drawing the attention of Indians towards this critical issue of the security. “China is stepping up military pressure along the Himalayas, intimidating India through intermittent cyber warfare, and warning of another 1962-style invasion through one of its State-run institutes, which in a Mandarin commentary posted on http://www.chinaiiss.org/ has cautioned an “arrogant India” not “to be evil” or else Chinese forces in war “will not pull back 30 kilometres” like in 1962. If China actually sets out to “teach India a lesson”, as it did in 1962 by its own admission, to whom will New Delhi turn?”
Former President Kalam recently affirmed the need of the Deal to go through, “India should “go ahead” with the civil nuclear deal with the United States as it does not compromise the country’s sovereignty.”
It appears with the failure of carrying the deal to the final end ManMohan Singh has certainly proven himself a failed PM.
Leftists’ stand on the Indo-US nuclear deal remains unchanged despite former president APJ Abdul Kalam endorsing the deal and PM Manmohan Singh urging the Left, among others, to “listen to voices of wisdom.”
Are those people who represent the thinking of rational India less intelligent than Bardhan, Raja, Karats, or Yachuri? Is Sonia sure if with this tie-up with the leftists she can win the next election and form the government to be handed over to Rahul as Mother’s gift or will it remain a distant dream? And so come the doubts about her intention that may prove critically harmful for the nation. Shouldn’t the leftists be dumped in the interest of the nation? Or has the countrymen decided to go under Maoists or Chinese this time?
I wish Sonia would have preferred to back ManMohan instead of the leftists to remain in power for the shake of the country.
- Indra
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