Indian Prime Minister to resign if Nuclear Deal with US is Off
India To Go Ahead with Nuclear Deal : Left to Withdraw support:
Manmohan Singh ready to resign as Prime Minister if the Congress forces him to back out of the deal with Washington.
By MOHAN SAHAY
The swords of the Left (the Communists) handing over the Congress led coalition government in India would not deter the government from proceeding ahead to make the Indo- US nuclear deal operational. In the process if the government falls, the government would call for a snap poll of Indian Parliament.
The thaw between the Indian Communist Parties and the Congress is nothing more than posturing.
Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has made it clear to the Congress leadership that he would prefer to resign as Prime Minister rather than giving in to the Communists pressure on the Nuclear deal which is vital and beneficial for India in the long run.
Why Elections?
No political party is prepared for the elections. Ask any individual Member of Parliament including those belonging to the CPI (M) they would hurl mouthful of abuses to the leadership of their Party. But those who understand the dynamics of politics would agree that a snap poll is inevitable in the given situation.
The government on its part can’t go back on the nuclear deal that it has signed with the United States. The Left Parties are demanding total freeze of the nuclear agreement till drastic changes are made in the Hyde Act. Hypothetically, even if one assumes that the government would risk the deal by insisting for changes in the 123 Hyde Act, there is no guarantee that the Left would honour the government giving in to their demand. On the contrary, the Left would find some other alibi to pull down the government for the Communists would not like to be seen going to the polls as a supporting ally of the Congress led coalition government at the Centre,
The Congress knows it well.
The Congress would like the Manmohan Singh government to take some pro- people decisions, if possible present a regular budget in February 2008 that would be packed with measures to benefit common man, farmers , weaker sections and the Muslims in particular.
It is highly unlikely that the Left would give the government this desired wish to present financial bill for the year 2008 –2009.
The government has other means to announce and implement measures even without presenting the next year’s budget. The government is likely to take decisions in the coming month or two on financial fronts. More sops to the farmers, more concessions to the middle income group of people, better deals to the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes and the minorities of the country in employment opportunity and education etc. etc.
The Sixth Pay Commission recommendations are at the final stages of presentation to the government. The Pay Commission’s recommendations would benefit hundreds of thousands of Central Government Employees whose pay packets would increase substantially. Besides, the Commission has special packages for the Indian Defence Forces – the Army, the Air Force and the Navy. The officers and jawans of the forces who are disenchanted and deserting the services by opting for early retirement and resignations would benefit from the new pay package.
These measures would earn the Congress the goodwill of the people at the polls.
Manmohan Singh ready to resign as Prime Minister if the Congress forces him to back out of the deal with Washington.
By MOHAN SAHAY
The swords of the Left (the Communists) handing over the Congress led coalition government in India would not deter the government from proceeding ahead to make the Indo- US nuclear deal operational. In the process if the government falls, the government would call for a snap poll of Indian Parliament.
The thaw between the Indian Communist Parties and the Congress is nothing more than posturing.
Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has made it clear to the Congress leadership that he would prefer to resign as Prime Minister rather than giving in to the Communists pressure on the Nuclear deal which is vital and beneficial for India in the long run.
Why Elections?
No political party is prepared for the elections. Ask any individual Member of Parliament including those belonging to the CPI (M) they would hurl mouthful of abuses to the leadership of their Party. But those who understand the dynamics of politics would agree that a snap poll is inevitable in the given situation.
The government on its part can’t go back on the nuclear deal that it has signed with the United States. The Left Parties are demanding total freeze of the nuclear agreement till drastic changes are made in the Hyde Act. Hypothetically, even if one assumes that the government would risk the deal by insisting for changes in the 123 Hyde Act, there is no guarantee that the Left would honour the government giving in to their demand. On the contrary, the Left would find some other alibi to pull down the government for the Communists would not like to be seen going to the polls as a supporting ally of the Congress led coalition government at the Centre,
The Congress knows it well.
The Congress would like the Manmohan Singh government to take some pro- people decisions, if possible present a regular budget in February 2008 that would be packed with measures to benefit common man, farmers , weaker sections and the Muslims in particular.
It is highly unlikely that the Left would give the government this desired wish to present financial bill for the year 2008 –2009.
The government has other means to announce and implement measures even without presenting the next year’s budget. The government is likely to take decisions in the coming month or two on financial fronts. More sops to the farmers, more concessions to the middle income group of people, better deals to the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes and the minorities of the country in employment opportunity and education etc. etc.
The Sixth Pay Commission recommendations are at the final stages of presentation to the government. The Pay Commission’s recommendations would benefit hundreds of thousands of Central Government Employees whose pay packets would increase substantially. Besides, the Commission has special packages for the Indian Defence Forces – the Army, the Air Force and the Navy. The officers and jawans of the forces who are disenchanted and deserting the services by opting for early retirement and resignations would benefit from the new pay package.
These measures would earn the Congress the goodwill of the people at the polls.
posted by MOHAN SAHAY at 5:07 PM
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