America has reserved the right to deny termination of the agreement to itself is quite clear. A future NDA Government that replaces this one would have to convince America that the agreement obtained suffered from a fundamental defect. I am referring to the bypassing of Parliament.
The Congress Party has claimed this deal as their own and a two third majority in Parliament is well nigh impossible to remove the provision that allowed the cabinet to make the deal. That only leaves the even more unlikely possibility of suspension of the constitution and military rule. Any succeeding civil administration would be asked to reinstate perhaps even a more draconian deal in its place to ward of sanctions.
Like his Jinah statement, Advani instead of leading public opinion is again in danger of being carried away with fickle public views which are far from clear and subject to wild swings. We have heard little of the negotiations Advani's Government had with the American's and why they failed. He should tell them that the American's would not have needed to have included the Iran clause which they have now done with the left supported NPA Government, which is about to fall under the weight of its own contradictions. He should tell them that this is now a done deal with patent procedural faults, which he would subject to parliamentary scrutiny. This would also be a good enough reason for him to aid the fall of the NPA Government.
