I agree. Not just Indian parliament but the Indian public also needs to be taken into confidence as the goal posts have moved in this deal.
These are my thoughts....
There is no transparency in this deal anymore. For many unknown reason PM likes to operate in secrecy. Most of us knew the details of the deal because of the news articles in western media not because the Indian PM or government made them public. Why is this ?
Why is opposition not consulted ? They should have been involved especially because BJP government was having a dialogue with US ( remember Jaswant-Strobe talks?).
I wonder what our parliament MPs like Sonia, Govinda,Shabuddin and Laloo etc..( there are lots of them) contribution to this debate will be?
Forget about opposition, press and public I wonder if the Indian president Abdul Kalam was consulted ?
RE:Nuclear deal
by Mohan Kumar on Jul 20, 2007 10:38 PM Permalink
Why not expect the govt to come to each and every individual to consult and get the opinion? The govt is voted to power and that means people have given the responsibility of make decisions deemed fit for the nation by them. The PM did make statement in the parliment about this. There is Mr. Anil Kakodkar in the negotiation team to represent the scientific community and he is by no means sympathetic to the US. Wait for the agreement to be made and then scream about goal posts staying or moving. The nuclear establishment in India is worried about losing its status as white elephants...thats probably we see lots of people raising bogeys..without anyone clearly pointing out what can be harmful and what can be helpful.
Remember Russia is no longer the old russia or USSR...and is slowly moving away. We need to wake up from the slumber and stop hoping Russia will provide us technology when we need it.
