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Nuclear Deal - Indians In A Fix
by Tanveer Jafri
Because of the well-known and controversial nuclear deal between India and America, the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has fallen in the danger zone. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has made it a question of dignity, has decided to go on with this deal, even at the cost of the existence of central government.
On the other side, the left parties, that are constituents of the government, without taking part in its council of ministers, have decided to withdraw their support because of being against this deal. The left parties have 59 members in Lok Sabha of 542 member's Indian Parliament. Only because of their support, the UPA could form the government. Now on July 22, the future of the UPA government would be decided by voting in the Parliament.
From the beginning, the left parties have been strongly apposing this agreement to be done, between India and America. The left parties are of the opinion that America is making its pressure on India through this agreement. According to the left parties, India would become like a yes-man of USA, by this agreement and in this way India may have to more away from its policy of non-alignment. Not only left parties, but many nuclear scientists and experts are not in favour of this deal. For example, the former director of Bhaba Atomic Research centre P.K. Iengar does not consider this deal in favor of India.
Originally posted by jpm1602
Dubya, would this mean I could get someone I could understand when I call tech support on Yahoo? The rash of bombings are a bad omen.