is it not really surprising that this is the same congress which under the stewardship of rajiv gandhi enabled india to develop indigenous rocket engines when india was denied cryogenic engine technology. we developed supercomputers, missiles, nuclear bombs without any outsidehelp.so now what are the compulsions of manmohansingh(ex employee of world bank-read usa), sonia maino nee gandhi to bow back and go against everyone including apj abdul kalam( who has been advocating indigenious thorium based reactors instead of these us uranium ones) for this deal and ready to sacrifice(?) evrything as if they are the only ones who are bothered about the future of india(or rahul/priyanka/rehan.......). time to think R V REALLY INDEPENDENT OR IS IT GOING ANOTHER 60 YEARS TO ACHIEVE TRUE INPNDNCE.......
RE:rajiv v/s sonia congress
by prabhat mohanty on Oct 11, 2007 12:22 AM Permalink
Our fav President is very much for this nuclear deal. Let's not go by Italian Sonia. Let's go by ApJ Kalam's advice. Is his advice good enough?
RE:rajiv v/s sonia congress
by Prem Mohan on Oct 10, 2007 07:57 PM Permalink
For thorium fuelled reactors, we will have to wait for at least fifty years. This technology will take time to develop. As for the other items mentioned by you, the super computers were a hoax and other countries such as North Korea and Pakistan have also developed missiles. In fact, many of these products were not accepted by the armed forces.
RE:rajiv v/s sonia congress
by vinamra singhai on Oct 10, 2007 08:32 PM Permalink
thanks for a good and a honest reply prem mohan...on missiles apart from prithvi nothing is worthwhile or working....also a lot of components in nuclear bombs are canadian and US ....only great achievement I feel is ISRO...
Dear Karat & Co. please look at your party future. If you will withdraw support, Congress will definetely come in the power with crystal clear majority, if mid-term poll comes. In conclusion anti-N.deal parties will be washed out. don't be selfish, some time please think about people like us who elected you to enjoy multi luxuries etc.... Handfold request to all GOOD AND BAD POLITICIANS TO THINK ABOUT NEIGHBOUR(ENEMIES) who have been destructing our country slowly....try to erode them first. if you have dare to do go ahead... otherwise please seat at your home as you have earned lot from us. Jaihind
What does Digvijay Singh mean when he says Congress represents Gandhian ideology? Which Gandhi is he referring to. I am sure its not Mahatma Gandhi. It may be any or all of the Gandhis that ruled as PMs or super-PMs and the only ideology they represent is dictatorship and corruption. The cheap mindset gets exposed when he says that we now have our president, vice president as well as PM. Is the president and vice president supposed to belong to a particular party? I always thought that he is supposed to be above party lines once he becomes president. Regards nuclear deal, he still shamefully keeps repeating this lie that we have not compromised our sovereignty in signing the deal. The deal makes unambiguously clear that the deal does not override Hyde act and Atomic Energy Act (1953) of USA. Both these acts are emphatic in that there should be no nuclear co-operation with India if India does a nuclear test.
RE:Gandhian Ideology?!
by vinamra singhai on Oct 10, 2007 08:50 PM Permalink
what you said about Hyde act is true..but you don't get everything..right...and also Hyde act is a US domestic law..that we ca't change...
RE:Gandhian Ideology?!
by Sachin Purohit on Oct 10, 2007 11:48 PM Permalink
Vinamra..Good that you appreciate this as a genuine concern. But you say its a domestic act that we can't change. True..but we also have our domestic concerns because of which we may some time in the future want to withdraw the unilateral moratorium on further tests and exercise our sovereign right to test more nukes- say because of China or Pakistan becoming more hostile. In such a scenario, 1. hyde act mandates the US government to withdraw out of this 123 deal. 2. 123 deal mandates India to return all the fissile material already used or stocked up and all the equipment purchased in the past if the deal gets voided. 3. 123 deal also brings India under the purview of IAEA safeguards ad infinitum even if 123 deal were to be totally voided.
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by Sachin Purohit on Oct 10, 2007 11:53 PM Permalink
This effectively helps USA to completely cap and reverse India's strategic nuclear plans. Something that they failed to do using NPT and CTBT since last 30 years, they would be successful doing using this carrot called 123-agreement. Yes we would be able to add some 4-5 GWatts to our current 120 Gwatts capacity by 2016. But are we willing to compromise our sovereignty for that?
RE:Gandhian Ideology?!
by Sachin Purohit on Oct 10, 2007 08:10 PM Permalink
Your reply itself appears like a kneejerk reaction to my comment by an emotional fool. I have raised an important concern regards the details of 123 Agreement. A sane reaction to this by a not so emotional wise man would have been to point out how my concern is misplaced. You have not done that. I wish I were born amongst wiser people!
I was until of opinion that this guy was good politician .. now I understand why he toog big hit in MP. He keeps licking Gandhi family, he might get to stand outside 10 Janpath someday
RE:Hmm
by pradeep nayak on Oct 10, 2007 11:10 PM Permalink
IF TH DEAL IS IN COUNTRY INTREST THEN SIGN IT AFRADE OF LOOSING POWER AT CENTER COME SHOW YOUR LOVE TOWARDS THE COUNTRY SONI JEE OPPUNTS NEVER COME TWICE
What a shame - asking Digvijay Singh whether nuclear deal is good or not ? Diggy doesnt know what is a good road in MP and after he took charge of AP - there also he has screwed up all the roads. First understand road technology then raise yourself to Nuclear Technology.
