Bahut kuch maloom hai, Jha, bahut maloomat rakhte ho. To batao, how come the US did not succeed in getting the deal with the BJP, if BJP was ready to accept something less. Talbot writes in his book that BJP's Jaswant Singh got the better of him, refusing to accept the deal offered. The self-same Talbot now sings a different tune, saying the BJP was willing to accept an even poorer deal. Dem. Senators, Secy. of State Condeleeza Rice, and American bureaucrats are on record that India will be bound by the the Hyde Act. In other words, American Law will take precedence and override any Indian laws may be formulated for this nuclear deal.
Last, but not the least, a lot of debate and discussion has been going in this and other internet discussion forums which is MISSING THE CRUX OF THE ISSUE. That INDIA FOREFEITS THE RIGHT TO TEST ANY NUCLEAR DEVICE. THE DAY WE DO IT. WE HAVE HAD IT. Don't believe it? If you can take your selective memory back a little, you will recall on TV news channels, Kapil Sibal, Minister for Science & Technology, and a Supreme Court lawyer, NO LESS, confirmed, again & again that India forefeits the right to test nuclear weapons. His alibi to Arun Jaitley's criticism on these channels, was that "no less than Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee had made a solemn declaration in the UN General Assembly in 1998 that India was willing to put a moratorium on nuclear testing so why is the BJP opposed now?" Well, the BJP did not do it, Cong is doing it and SELLING OUT!
