While the world has moved on, with communism increasingly losing its meaning, leftists in India remain the only group who are still harping about the ideas that held relevance in the 1920s and not in today's world! To top it all, their vehement opposition of anything pro-US defies all logic!!! USA does recognize India as a superpower of the future and the nuclear deal is one of the stepping stones to that status. I fail to understand why India should let go of this opportunity when all her security concerns are being addressed to!! The relationship between US & China is not exactly on very rosy terms currently and USA's policy of doling out sops to India is aimed primarily at reining in China. Should we not take advantage of that? We know who our biggest nemesis is-China still occupies thousands of sq. kilometers of Indian land, they are the ones who have given Pakistan the nuclear know-how as well as a majority of their ammunition. The left parties are simply making a fool of themselves by resorting to blackmailing tactics. It's high time Manmohan Singh showed his integrity and moved ahead with the nuclear deal, even if that means losing out the Prime Minister's chair. He will earn a lot more brownie points rather than sitting on his chair without doing anything about the deal.
