I am neither supporting the left nor the congress. But in an independent country why is all the details of the deal so very confidential that it cannot be discussed or shown to the people. By people I do not mean common man but the learned people (scientists and the opposition).
RE:Neither left nor right
by All Right on Jul 01, 2008 04:20 PM Permalink
Only after international deals are signed, they are put up in the public domain. The 1-2-3 agreement and the Hyde Act can be accessed from the web. There is no secrecy.
The Left is just being unreasonable. Can any political party stop a PM from discharging his international relation responsibility?
RE:Neither left nor right
by ajith raj on Jul 01, 2008 04:26 PM Permalink
No this is not right...they r not making other oposition parties in confidence...only after that the deal should be signed..else the left should withdraw their support for the sake of our country...
RE:RE:Neither left nor right
by Gopal on Jul 02, 2008 12:44 AM Permalink
It is surprising to note that lot of discussion is going on about the N-deal. Did any one know what is in the deal, really? The government is adamant not to reveal the content of the draft prepared in the IAEA discussion. It is unfortunate. Let there be transparency.
I wish the present govt or the coming govt pass a bill to regulate all documents that is signed with any outside agencies. Now there is no control over the negotiators. Is it not violative of the constitution? Getting it approved later by the parliament is not an excuse.
Let some forum bring out the details of documents signed by the various agencies of India with outside agencies, at least for the last five years. Then we can discuss about the omissions done by us.
According to Indian constitution no single person has the right to take decisions. Even the President of India takes decision after getting advice/remarks from the Prime Minister/Minister. In turn Ministers are responsible to the Parliament. Parliament is the authority for everything. What happened for the N-deal. Some bureaucrats and a few ministers decided the terms of the agreements and signed it. Later it was presented in the Parliament. All parties BJP/Left and all others agreed to the terms. Later they discovered that a mistake was made! Wonderful!! Now, at least, they opened their eyes. Good. Sense prevails.
RE:Neither left nor right
by Gopal on Jul 02, 2008 12:39 AM Permalink
It is not correct to say that the N-deal can be signed without referring it to Parliament. Read Constitution of India article 246(1) "Parliament has exclusive power to make laws with respect to any of the matters enumerated in List I in the Seventh Schedule" to the Constitution. And Entry 14 in List I of the seventh schedule reads: "Entering into treaties and agreements with foreign countries and implementing of treaties, agreements and conventions with foreign countries." According to this provision we could have enacted a Law to protect our interest as per the 123 agreement. Instead of taking effort to protect our inter by enacting a law, we negotiated the deal. Now it is proposed to present the documents for debate in the Parliament. It can not be swallowed -in a democratic view. Dr APJ was for energy independence and not energy security. So the 123 agreement should be aimed to achieve this aim.
RE:Neither left nor right
by vox populi on Jul 01, 2008 04:26 PM Permalink
the left should no better--the chinese are highly secretive--this is a feature of totalitarian and autocratic regimes
RE:Neither left nor right
by abhishek shrivastava on Jul 01, 2008 04:44 PM Permalink
Live in a real world...when u do international negotiation ...there is term called ..."credibility" and when u go to public there is at term called "Integrity" On both accounts govt has done its best..only in this issue.
