The Congress is using its old core competency - the ability to fool some people all the time. In the fifties, it was Nehru's fabian socialism with himself being some sort of lord benefactor to the country. In the late sixties and early seventies, it was Indira Gandhi's garibi hatao and "nationalisation" and the complete corruption of the beaureaucracy. The eighties were Rajiv Gandhi's turn. Actually he was the most decent of the lot. Now it is Mr. Manmohan Singh's turn to show some Nuclear deal fantasies. No cost benefit analysis of the deal has been shown to the nation. If the prime minister had been honest, he would have atleast laid bare all the details in parliment, showing the projected benefits and the drawbacks. Far from it our esteemed prime minister actually made his cronies declare that the IEAE agreement was secret, when at the same time the IEAE leaked it to the press. Whatever be the true worth of the deal, the way the congress has gone about this business is despicable. Vajpayee would have appointed a JPC and would have put the deal to vote in the Parliment.
