For the last two days, former Chief Minister and Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu has been talking against Indo-American Nuclear deal, after taking some lessons from experts in this regard.
Strictly speaking, Naidu has no reasoning to explain as to why he is opposing the Nuclear deal. All through his regime between 1995 and 2004, he was an out and out pro-American, both in his administration and economic policies. It was Naidu who used to encourage Hyderabadi students to go the USA and learn technology. He has developed several friends in the US government headed then by Bill Clinton and was a hot favourite politician for the World Bank.
Now, the same Naidu is demanding that the UPA government scrap the Indo-US nuke deal. He is now saying that the intention of the US behind the deal was to dictate terms to India through the deal. While Naidu himself was once described as a stooge of the World Bank and the USA, he is now describing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi as agents of USA, which will make India toe its line by taking advantage of the agreement. There is no guarantee that the US would not implement its 'hidden agenda' through India after the nuclear deal comes into force, he said.
There is no sudden change in the mindset of Babu, as he often says. The reasoning is simple: Naidu wants to get closer to the Left parties if the latter desert the UPA. Secondly, by opposing the USA, the TD can woo the minorities. He knows t
