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Nuke Deal: Baseless Oppositions
By Bhaskaranand
Jha Bhaskar
Kolkata
July 25, 2008 |
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The
proposed nuclear deal between India and the US
has become a big issue of heated debate in the
country and caused so much of a hue and cry,
thanks to multi-cornered attacks and oppositions
coming tough particularly from the Left parties
and the BJP, supported by a few small parties
that the government was forced to face the trust
motion. Fortunately, the government has managed
to survive somehow or the other.
The simple reason behind oppositions to the deal
is that it would hurt the nation more than it
would help, as apprehended by Communist Party of
India (ML) General Secretary Dipankar
Bhattacharya. He described it as
'anti-national'.
As far as my opinion in this regards is
concerned, it needs to be reiterated that the
Nuke deal is in the interest of the country
which needs Nuke Deal to overcome the shortage
of fuels for reactors for generation of
sufficient amount of electricity which will
illuminate the backward and poor states like
Bihar. Mr. Lalu Prasad deserves a lot of thanks
for supporting the deal, the reason may be
whatever. Among the great politicians of the
country he has really towered his personality
with his support to the UPA government.
History has it that the Left parties have always
been opposed to introduction of something new in
our country for the reasons best known to them.
It is to be recalled that even prior to their
objection to N-Deal, Left parties in the
mid-eighties also had stonewalled the
introduction of computers in government offices
on the ground that it would lead to massive
retrenchment. It is ironical that the Left,
which had spearheaded the campaign against
computerisation, is now a firm believer in the
benefits of technology. Even in days to come,
they are sure to bask in benefits of the deal if
done.
It has also become a great talk of the town. Go
anywhere you like but you can't escape from the
heated debate on Indo-US nuclear deal. You will
find some people speaking in favour while some
ones dead against the deal. On being questioned,
I have felt that this category of people can't
satisfy you with their proper and satisfactory
reasons. In fact, they are only speaking in the
voice of their parties concerned. It is a great
pity that without understanding the
multidimensional advantages of the the deal all
the parties, except a few ones are trying to
oppose the deal.
As for the BJP, it is quite shameful that they
are against it because they think that the
Congress Party is going to gain the advantages
in the upcoming elections because of the nuclear
deal. It is to be recalled that it was the
Vajpayee-led NDA government that initiated this
deal with the USA but now was pretending to
oppose it to score political points in view of
the upcoming Parliamentary elections.
With the survival of the government it has
proved that the deal is in the interest of the
country.
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