Although I don't oppose the nuclear deal perse to simplify it as the UPA drumbeats it to be the greatest boon for a power starved India is total crap. Who stopped the self-serving politicians who ruled the country since independence to generate power from coal, hydel etc.,which had no international sanctions for us to develop? Also most countries in the world are self-sufficient in power without even having a single nuclear power plant. So let us not fool ourselves into believing that nuclear power is panacea to all our ills on the power front. Unless politicians are made accountable, no amount of new technology to generate power with or without international assistance will help our country.
RE:Humbug!
by Jai Max on Jul 25, 2008 02:28 PM Permalink
Do not forget that it is the communists and pseudo socialists who kept fighting against privatization in the power sector. The policies followed by the Congress party as well as the Janata party before the economic policy liberalization in 1991 were wrong. That does not ipso facto imply that the new policies followed by the current government are wrong. It is time that we evaluated policies and performance of governments based on what really is good for the country and not on the basis of which party took what decision. Rise above party politics. Decide always in the country's favour
