- Concede that the deal is overall good in 'letter and spirit', but could have been better. as in specifically the deal is good in 'spirit' but bad in 'letter'. And while with the next govts in both countries, the 'spirit' will be gone, India will be stuck with the 'letter' and thus with a bad deal
- The congress should have made a concerted effort to take the mainstream parties (NDA) on board for a foregn policy deal (remind people that foreign policy deals should be consenus based)
- The failure of congress to coordinate with NDA also led to a bad deal as in the UPA failed to put in opposition from NDA as a hindrance to score a better deal
Jul 22, 2008
The Way Out
It is a bit obvious that the BJP and its senior leadership are in a bit of a bind in opposing the nuclear deal given the fact that the deal is popular in the upper middle class of citizenry (and basically thats the only class which will make any political decision based on the deal). And currently, the argument of the BJP - is unequal partnership. I am suggesting that the BJP follows a more n position on this. Here is what i think BJP should argue.
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ReplyDelete@banu: dude..what r u talkin abt??
ReplyDeleteThe deal was a logical consequence of the Vajpayee Government's talks with the US. However, as the erstwhile National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra recently said, the BJP govt didn't go for a 123 like deal "because of apprehensions about an independent foreign policy after a strategic dependence on the US" (sic).
ReplyDeleteI believe that the BJP's rant is partly about not being able to take credit for preparing the groundwork for this deal, partly because of the personal friction between Advani and the PM, and partly an India Shining drubbing hang-over. It will be interesting to see if and how this issue can affect the next election results, given that none of the proposed new reactors are supposed to begin operations for the next couple of years...