Nuclear deal - not in India's best interests
by Srinivas r on Jul 14, 2008 04:29 PM
I cannot agree with Mr. Sreenivasan that the nuclear deal is in India's best interests and I don't think that the UPA Govt. (Indians ?)took Mr. Karat's views into consideration or the IAEA wanted Uncle Sam on board . If that were to be the case then the UPA govt. should have stated that Karat's interests have been taken care of and the Communists should have no cause to complain . In any case if for getting uranium we forego our right to make another test especfially of the nuetron bomb (which we have not tested as yet) then we are committing hara kiri . Further the Agreement does not guarantee uranium supplies . Suppose supplies are disrupted there is no backup . The U.S. does not guarantee arrnaging a supply from any other source . Further under this agreement instead of India building the nuclear plants it will be built by American Companies . This agreement will mainly help American nuclear plant builders .
