The nuclear deal was being pursued with the required vigour but then the left played the role of villain.The left was sleeping for two years, when the nuclear deal was being pursued with vigour. As soon as the talks shifted to a stage where the deal was reaching finishing stages, Left developed jitters, primarily arising out of their illogical anti american stance. Knowing that the government at the center is a coalition government, dependant on the support of the left parties, PM Manmohan Singh should have been wise enough to take them into confidence and then moved further on this issue. He should not have taken the left head on with brash statement calling them to withdraw support etc.,The leftist members are like monkeys, they dont know what is good for the country. They will throw the interests of the country to dogs, if it suits them. If PM was not good in reading the mood of left, Congress party and Sonia Gandhi should have advised him not to be brusque and jeopardise the deal. By his taking a needlessly hard stand on left, and vocalising it through press, PM has got cornered himself into a position from which he could not extricate himself without discomfiture. We need leaders who place the interests of the country over the interests of party or self. And this is what India is currently lacking.
