Mr Bidwai, please let me know in which country every foreign deal is fist approved by the citizens of that country? That is simply impractical and in fact it is not required under Indian constitution. Any Indian government can make foreign deal with any government as long as that deal is made public.
Considering the current situation, the Congress has every reason to deceive Left parties. The communists had never wanted to make any strategic partnership with the USA and that is what the government wants precisely. So, there is a fundamental difference between communists ideology and the Congress ideology and therefore, there cannot be any conclusion in number of meeting between them. The whole situation was created by the hardline stands taken by the communists and they have been given the fitted reply by the Congress. It has been proved that the communists have no practical senses and they should be rejected in every part of political process in India.
The author said the government should have taken the consent of the public before going ahead because this is a major foreign policy movement. But if you read the recent news, USA has sent an envoy to discuss with Iran. That is a major policy shift. Did Mr Bush ask the public before that? That is simply impractical and naive to think like that.
