With a Government on many patched up wheels, unavoidably for now, to enable it to "run" but in different directions, it is only natural that the nation is unable to move in any one direction comfortably, for right or wrong! The 'nuclear deal' is one of the many casualties which got entangled under its multidirectional coach. It is nice to be known as the world's largest democracy, but also painful to be recognized as a country which cannot decide on matters of great importance, inspite of a lawfully elected Government run by people's representatives.
We may also ponder over how much of quality time and costly money was lost discussing, negotiating and quarrelling over such issues as the 'deal'. Or what impact this stigma of indecisiveness would have on the country and its leaders on similar vital issues that may come up in future. I am not for now judging on whether the nuclear deal was good for India or whether it was skewed to favour US but I am pained at the several pulls and pressures our political structure is throwing up on crucial governance. While as a democracy we can pat ourselves on the back, as a country with one overriding idealogy which has the country's - and peoples' - interest and welfare at heart, we have a long way to go. With parties getting fragmented and multiplying with smaller support bases, pressure groups and convenient alliances emerging during elections and then changing where power beckons, future looks more tawdry. The situation is worrying.
