don't be silly. there is no such thing as one time deal. u.s. govt and congress establishment have concluded it is in their best interest to have a nuke deal with india. hyde act messed the deal up and india is thus not obligated to this deal amended by hyde act. hyde act did it despite u.s. govt's best efforts to stop the hyde act, and also indian govt's objections. in other words, the hyde act knoocked the agreement down. right upon signing the hyde act into a law the helpless pres bush even said to the effect that it did not bind india against nuke testing. but bush is bush : he thinks the u.s. president is above congress if not the law. however, hyde act will prevent usa from holding its end of the bargain that both parties worked out. thus, this deal is no deal at all.
quite frankly, it is not gandhi-party's cup of tea to navigate out of this mess. if india wants to get its nuke energy in order, it has no choice but to elect a bjp govt. let's all be frank: it was bjp that started the nuke deal negotiations with usa in the first place. if india had given the bjp govt a 2nd term, which it richly deserved, india would alreay be producing nuke energy by now with the americna help. nincompoop congressi govt could not stop hyde act, the bjp govt would have lobbied effectively against hyde act.
