I think this whole debate and gimmics were completely avoidable, had PM Manmohan singh and congress party had taken the opposition into confidence. BJP started these strategic alliance with US, which has led to this nuclear deal (which is a good deal in my view), but PMO and congress did not consult the opposition at all. When all the problems started with the left, congress just took the view of Brajesh Mishra, who is a very knowledgable person and President Kalam which was regarded as the view of Indian masses. Actually congress wanted to take all the credits for the Indo-US nuclear deal and did not want to give any credit to the opposition, which is a very bad idea, for all the purposes where national security and sovereignity is concerned. PM and Sonia G was not in talking terms with Advani for the last four years, uptil the interview of Advani with Shekhar Gupta in NDTV, after which PM and Sonia called him. I will not say the nuclear deal is of bad intention, but it is merely bad politics and utter arrogance. Vajpayee, Advani, Arun Chourie, Arun Jaitley, Jaswant Singh, Brajesh Mishra, these are all experienced persons. If Narasimha Rao could send Atalji as the head of the Indian mission to UN to talk about Kashmir, then why the opposition could not be taken into confidence in this matter ?
