Wednesday, June 25, 2008

The funny side of Indo-US nuclear deal

Back in the year 2005, when i was pursuing BSc at Vel's College in Chennai, i preferred to stay in the hostel. But, to my amazement the conditions in the hostel were not fit for survival. Yukk food and erratic hostel inmates and so on... It was then I realized that unless i keep myself engaged with something or the other, the hostel nightmares will keep on haunting me. So, i subscribed to Indian Express newspaper and within no time started relishing it. I was not having any idea of nuclear deal till, i started reading the newspaper and it was then i came across the "Nuclear Deal" controversy.

In the year 2005, Manmohan Singh (MMS) signed an accord with the US president for the supply of Nuclear fuel to India. Since then, there has been lot of "Halla and Gulla" over this deal by the so called Left parties. Back in 1974, we conducted nuclear tests to show the world that Indians doesn't lag behind in nuclear capabilities. Since, then there were embargo against us and the Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) were not allowed to supply nuclear fuel to us. Again in the year 1998, when Honorable Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the prime minister, we conducted nuclear tests and after that we were severely starved of the nuclear fuel for our reactors.

Down the line several years passed on and India surged ahead on the road map of growth and development. Due to ever increasing population of our country, power became a critical factor for growth. Already the fuel was in short supply and we were running out of time to replenish the reactors. This Indo-US deal was supposed to be a landmark deal which will help India produce certain amount of power which in turn help in bridging the gap of demand and supply.

Dr. Manmohan Singh, who himself is a reformer, has transformed the economy of nation is coming to terms when it comes to Nuclear deal. The UPA government is supported by some MPs of left parties and their support is critical for the survival of government. Left parties has been opposing the deal for quite sometime and they do not want this deal to be operationalized. There fears are, that we'll not be allowed to conduct nuclear tests once we sign this deal, our foreign policy will be dictated by the US.
I don't know the specific reasons why left parties are opposed to this deal, simple funda- they want to humiliate Dr Manmohan Singh and in turn want to grab the limelight by projecting themselves as the only concerned party for the growth of nation. There only intention is to be pro Chinese, since they draw their ideologies from China. But, they are not aware of this startling fact that China themselves have one nuclear treaty with US. The bosses sitting in China are directing the left parties in India to block the progress of Indo-US nuclear deal, by hook or crook.

Our potential threat in the current scenario is China and they indirectly (read left parties) have been blackmailing the Union of India by stalling major economic decisions, reforms process, SEZ and the nonsense "Bandhs" & "Hartals" against the petro price hike. I have been forced to think, why left parties shed crocodile tears all these years from 2004 till 2008. Everytime, the government thought of some developmental work, they were the first ones to raise hue and cry, threatening to pull out from the government, which they never did. ( They also knew, once they are out of the government, in the next Lok Sabha elections they will not get even 10 seats).

Talking in the context of Nuclear deal, the Russian ambassador in New Delhi urged India to sign the deal with the US to enable Russia to step up its interaction with India in the nuclear arena. No wonder Russia is the competitor of US, but still they are supporting our cause. Yet our communist parties claim that the Indo-US deal is just a cover for India voluntarily subjecting itself to US strategic goals. This charge is so absurd that it is necessary to probe deeper into the real purpose of the Left’s opposition to the deal. I hope the Chinese role can be self explanatory for Left's behaviour.

To sum up, we need this deal very badly for our fuel starved nuclear reactors. As India is growing, her power needs are also multiplying. So, rather than indulging in petty politics of being an anti American, let's keep our fingers crossed for the clearance of this deal and after that India will be on song and it will usurp to become supreme nation....
JAI HIND

5 comments:

Abhijeet Sinha said...

Mrinal, i m favour of ur views bout d left parties.i think regarding this they r very much intrested in making it a rope to ride as a major well wisher of india.as they r saying dat we will not b able to do nuclear test after n-deal, why don't they think dat for making d nuclear weapon also we need fuel.and right now india is running out of n-fuel badly. So it would b more better to get out of dis crisis.at least for d peaceful purpose, we should not forget that "TO BECOME A POWERFUL COUNTRY WE SHOULD HAVE SOPHESTICATED NUCLEAR WEAPONS, BUT FOR BECOMING A DEVELOPED COUNTRY POWER(ENERGY) IS ONE OF THE VITAL PILLAR ON WHICH THE WHOLE NATION IS DEPENDENT ON."
Left parties should leave all the party'n'politics & think for
INDIA
MY INDIA
OUR INDIA
MOTHER INDIA. that's all

satya said...

woh.. really a hot topic for now..
I don't know why these left parties are not willing on this deal, but it is very clear that directly they are coming in between our dream developed country by the year 2020.
Energy soures r vital for India to be a developed country in future. But knowingly this, left parties r against of this. They should think for their next generation. What type of gift we will give them to survive without energy ?
After few year we don't have any other option for energy except this nuclear energy. Because solar, wind soures of energies r not in a developed way to meant our need. Again, extraction of energy from these sources r more costlier than nuclear energy.
So for future, we should go for this deal....
Don't we...?
Thanks again to my dear Mrinal.

Gaurav said...

dear,
i do agree wid ur views. you knw ki d left parties who r opposing d deal r just trying 2 make a sin.
recently i've been 2 kolkata, a metro city which i think now doesn't deserve 2 be... u knw why???????? coz f d left parties who r ruling west bengal 4 so many yrs.. their views... haah dey don't knw rather i would lik 2 say dey don't want 2 knw ki their policy s not goin 2 help in d growth f kolkata r d nation...... yaar ek tim tha whn kolkata was u knw ki best r u can say ki best infrastructure wala city tha but see 2day it's a metro city wid hardly few shopping malls...l.
khair let's not divert 4m d topic.. in d context of dis one f d grt deals d halla gulla being made by d left parties s just a bullshit.. dey r just tryin 2 pass a message 2 d nation ki chahe jo ho jaye... woh 50 saal pahle wala apna tradition nahi chhodenge....(chahe desh bhaad me kyo naa chala jaaye...)
2nd ly as u wrote under influence of china.....

one more thing which s more important 4 d left parties ( main kahunga ki apne desh ke kisi bhi political party pe yeh baat laagu hoti hai) d forthcoming parliamentary elections... in west bengal congress party is in opposition nd left parties doesn' want 2 go 4 d elections wid congress as their friend so dey were lookin 4 som issue 2 withdraw support 4m d UPA government aur dis s d reason ki woh itne din se taal matol ki rajneeti kar rahe the.. n nw whn d tim of election has come dey hav withdrawn d support 4m d government....ab woh elections me sina taan ke apni bahaduri pu blic ko dikhayenge nd is mudde pe election me jayenge... woh prachar karenge ki d deal was muslim virodhi... desh virodhi.... nd so many things

mera itna bakwaas karne ka maksad yahi hai ki 2 make us understand ki d responsibilities lies on our shoulder 2 understand d things nd make other people understand ki sahi kyaa hai...

Dis deal will help our nation out 4m d scarcity of energy resources.. n will lead 2 d way of becoming a developed country...

JAI HIND
JAI HIND
JAI HIND.

Unknown said...

You guys know something.If you guys have noticed which was the only party that condemned the 1998 nuclear tests,this same communist party of India(or china?).
Now the same party is saying that the nuclear deal with US is aganist India's sovereignty or simply,they are saying that we cant conduct Nuclear tests anymore.How ridiculous isnt't?.They are traitors.They love their party and its ideology more than the country itself.I am a keralite and so i know how it is like.Please dont ever vote them back to power anymore.

Unknown said...

ya dude taking away the flag to the BJP side too we have witnessed a great humiliating and shameless drama held in parliament during trust vote.....i am much concerned with dat.........anyways i am with the nation for the nuclear deal..............