Even a four year old child will say that nuclear deal is good for India as a country. Mr. Jaswant Singh and Mr. Yeshwant Sinha think that it is not good for India because it does not allow them to conduct nuclear tests. They know that they can not get such a deal for 100 years. Their grand children even will not get such a deal. The rule is that if you can not accomplish a task do not become a stumbling block in sombody's efforts. It was expected from left the opposition but not from BJP. Although I do not like Congress but more annoyed at BJP
RE:Fallout of present fiasco
by Pradip Parekh on Jul 05, 2008 10:15 PM Permalink
don't be silly. there is no such thing as one time deal. u.s. govt and congress establishment have concluded it is in their best interest to have a nuke deal with india. hyde act messed the deal up and india is thus not obligated to this deal amended by hyde act. hyde act did it despite u.s. govt's best efforts to stop the hyde act, and also indian govt's objections. in other words, the hyde act knoocked the agreement down. right upon signing the hyde act into a law the helpless pres bush even said to the effect that it did not bind india against nuke testing. but bush is bush : he thinks the u.s. president is above congress if not the law. however, hyde act will prevent usa from holding its end of the bargain that both parties worked out. thus, this deal is no deal at all.
quite frankly, it is not gandhi-party's cup of tea to navigate out of this mess. if india wants to get its nuke energy in order, it has no choice but to elect a bjp govt. let's all be frank: it was bjp that started the nuke deal negotiations with usa in the first place. if india had given the bjp govt a 2nd term, which it richly deserved, india would alreay be producing nuke energy by now with the americna help. nincompoop congressi govt could not stop hyde act, the bjp govt would have lobbied effectively against hyde act.
RE:Fallout of present fiasco
by Anand Mujumdar on Jul 06, 2008 05:03 PM Permalink
Presently there are five declared countries who can have nuclear weapons. These are five permanent security council members. The general rule for all non nuclear countries is that for them to have nuclear material and equipment for peaceful purposes they have to sign nuclear non poliferation treaty. There is another treaty which is called comprehensive test ban treaty which does not allow a country to test nuclear weaponns. India does not want to sign both treaties. The main point of Nuclear Deal is it allows India to aquire nuclear material and equipment even though it does not want to sign the two treties. Bush administration has made exception for India for India's good record in many areas. The deal separates India's nuclear military and civil program. There will not be inspections on India's military program. The civilian program for which India will import nuclear material and equipment will be inspected and verified. There is a Hyde Act in which there are many items that India has to follow for its civilian nuclear program. India can ignore foreign policy related items because countries differ in mutual issues. U.S. signed nuclear deal with China with many conditions and China has not adhered to it.
