Followig from The Economist magazine (in the past this magazine has criticised the deal as being too generous to India): Mr Singh told an audience of visitors... ...competitive politics and fractured mandates have made it %u201Cdifficult sometimes for us to do what is manifestly obvious%u201D.. So the agreement Mr Singh negotiated with America seems likely to be sacrificed by a government mainly interested in staying in power. Mr Singh recently seemed poised to resign. But he now seems to shrink from this %u201Cmanifestly obvious%u201D response to his predicament.
Resign Manmohan resign!! It is the "manifestly obvious" step after your shameful capitulation to the Left blackmail. Manmohan would continue enjoying his perks of PM position while India will get the sc**wed for the pusillanimity of India's cowardly PM and his self-serving master.
RE:The price of pusillanimity
by Pradip Parekh on Oct 26, 2007 01:00 AM Permalink
you nailed it. most indians would love to see this govt make an exit so bjp can come to power and sew up the deal while it is still a viable opportunity. congressis have proved one more time - we have lost the count long ago - that it is the party of self-centered, tickskinned corrupt sobs.
RE:The price of pusillanimity
by ravikanth on Oct 26, 2007 02:20 AM Permalink
BJP was against the deal. Congress is the only party interested in deal. Even if elections are held today Congress may win 180 seats and UPA may touch 240. Then also they need left support.
RE:The price of pusillanimity
by kartavya on Oct 26, 2007 03:02 AM Permalink
F**K BJP.....do u think they ll do ny good, didnt even retaliate against terrorism when they attacked our parliament under US pressure....had most violent riots n kargil war during their time.....the party which divided our nation, how culd u even think o bringing that party in power, M not a congress supporter, but byfar they r better than atleast BJP
RE:The price of pusillanimity
by Jit Dutta on Oct 26, 2007 05:34 AM Permalink
No I don't think this article "nailed" it for BJP. BJP would have been most happy with the same deal had they been in power instead of UPA. Now BJP is acting in the most opportunistic manner and come up with some convoluted lame excuse to oppose the deal for the sake of opposition. If BJP was patriotic it would have made an open offer to work with the govt in mitigating the aspects which it finds objectionable as opposed to current stance of helping the Left nuke the entire deal.
Know this much, this treachery would go down in history as an act of rank opportunism when BJP didn't hesitate to team up with downright anti-India CPIM to snuff out resurgent India's a dreams just so that Congress can look bad and BJP can come back to power riding on the anti-Congress sentiments from the fallout of the deal's failure.
RE:The price of pusillanimity
by Pradip Parekh on Oct 26, 2007 06:09 AM Permalink
it amazing to me that indian people see things in black and white. is it so hard for you figure that congress has closed all doors of co-operation with the bjp? congressi have been badmouthing and cussing bjp every opportunity it gets. mm singh's tirade on gujarat was only the latest. can you get yourself to understand that the ruling party is congress, the party at the helm for this nuke deal badly negotiated. thus, it is the duty of congress to marshal support for the deal, and approach the members of parliament. how do you think bill clinton gotos his programs thr' u.s. house of reps and the senate? he called every member of the house. he did not call republicans racist, did he, unlike the congressis who call bjp communalists? know this: bjp is far less communal than the republicans are racists, and yet democrat hardly ever bring up race card - hell, even the balck democrat don't do that except when obvious.
the other thing is bjp's oppostion is very well articulated. it started the process and it knows where congressis failed to negotiate right. face it, the congressi can't negotiate even when the bjp handed it to them on a platter. my comment stands.
RE:The price of pusillanimity
by on Oct 26, 2007 07:45 AM Permalink
Its laughable to compare US house of reps to Indian parliament where every political party is busy looking after their electoral interest national interest be damned. In the US there is a age old tradition of parties rising above narrow partisan interest because national interest does matter come election time in the US. Left doesn't care a hoot about national interest, BJP knows that most people doesn't quite understand the implications of this deal and Indians are used to having opposition parties who oppose for the sake of opposition; so BJP has little to lose and much to gain from Congress bungling. Based on your assertions it seems you are opposed to Congress which is perfectly fine, but it seems your opposition to Congress is blinding you to the merits of the deal. You need to separate the deal from Congress party and view the deal in larger national interest.
Finally, BJP by publicly offering to work with the govt on the deal stands to gain a lot of goodwill and if Congress refused to be reasonable in working with BJP on the issue then it stands to look petty and selfish. Think about it.
