After dilly-dallying for two months on the pull-out issue and holding the Central Government to ransom over the N-deal for more than 10 months, the left parties have finally timed their withdrawal brilliantly - there could not have been a more ideal moment for them.
What better way to do it than when the Indian Prime Minister is not in India and is away on a foreign trip and is meeting the world's most powerful leaders on the sidelines of the G-8. It is clearly intended to cause maximum embarrassment & humiliation for the Indian PM. They have also managed to show some mundane statement from the PM as the immediate reason for the withdrawal. (Everyone knows that IAEA is the next step in the N-Deal). They should get two pats on their back from their masters in China for doing this !!
Their move will also get great coverage in the world media, no doubt. Let them savour every moment of it - because I doubt if they will ever get a second chance after the next elections, whenever that is.
