One line "a section of Muslims may turn against the Congress if it was seen to be going in for strategic partnership with the US" is quite misleading and worrisome. It is worrisome since even Karat is supposed to have warned Mulayam Singh Yadav that his party agreeing to support the Nuclear deal would have impact on its Muslim vote bank!
The nuclear deal has nothing to do with Muslims. It has to be assessed based on its pros and cons. There is nothing to suggest that Muslims in India has something against USA. Even Saudi Arabia the birth place of Islam has a very close relationship Bush’s USA.
Yes there would be extreme fundamentalists who would suggest that USA is inimical to Pan Islamic aspirations and hence must be rejected. But to understand how ridiculous this is ask Karat if he would accept the cancellation of the Iran pipe line project based on the fact that Bajrang Dal or the VHP don’t like it?
Let us remain secular at least when it comes to issues of great national interest.
The odds of the common Muslims of India appreciating that is quite high.
