BJP gets another stick to beat govt with
With US President George Bush’s remarks on fuel supply raising fresh doubts about the true contours of the nuclear deal with India, the BJP jumped on the new disclosures to pillory the Manmohan Singh govt.
By Devesh Kumar & Gabriel Vaz, ET Bureau |
BANGALORE: With US President George Bush���s remarks on fuel supply raising fresh doubts about the true contours of the nuclear deal with India, the BJP on Friday jumped on the new disclosures to pillory the Manmohan Singh government.
``The revelations in a section of the media that the US is now of the view that `assured fuel supply��� is not a legally-binding agreement, but merely a political assurance has shaken the nation,������ BJP president Rajnath Singh said here on Friday afternoon while delivering his presidential address at the BJP���s national executive meeting.
Party leaders assembled here for the gathering came up with a ``we-told-you-so������ reaction, and heaped scorn on the deal. ``Every passing day comes up with a new startling disclosure about the deal. Very soon, the Manmohan Singh government will have nothing to crow about,������ remarked BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad.
The BJP president, in his speech, hit the government hard on the deal. ���Assurances die with men and regimes, binding agreements bind nations. India must now ponder as to what the deal means for us. Our testing options appear to have been eliminated and there is no legally-binding agreement on assured fuel supply. Does this deal mean differently to different people or is the nuclear pact intended to be breached by the more powerful party,������ Mr Singh wondered.
The political resolution scheduled to be taken up by the meeting here on Saturday is likely to turn its gaze at the deal more closely, spelling out the party���s reservations on the subject and its ���deleterious��� consequences for India. The political resolution, which will be introduced by Mr Prasad, is likely to see a lively intervention by Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi.
The BJP president, on his part, launched a broadside against the government on the nuclear deal. ``There are many reasons for opposing it. For instance, the People���s Daily, the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, recently published an article contending that China does not intend to limit its nuclear power, and that it needs to conduct more nuclear tests. If this kind of thinking is taking place in Beijing and if, in such a situation the government of India surrenders its right, then it could be dangerous for the country,������ he maintained.
���Also, by agreeing to the terms of the NSG, have we not converted our unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing into a multi-lateral international commitment ?������ Mr Singh sought to know.
``The revelations in a section of the media that the US is now of the view that `assured fuel supply��� is not a legally-binding agreement, but merely a political assurance has shaken the nation,������ BJP president Rajnath Singh said here on Friday afternoon while delivering his presidential address at the BJP���s national executive meeting.
Party leaders assembled here for the gathering came up with a ``we-told-you-so������ reaction, and heaped scorn on the deal. ``Every passing day comes up with a new startling disclosure about the deal. Very soon, the Manmohan Singh government will have nothing to crow about,������ remarked BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad.
The BJP president, in his speech, hit the government hard on the deal. ���Assurances die with men and regimes, binding agreements bind nations. India must now ponder as to what the deal means for us. Our testing options appear to have been eliminated and there is no legally-binding agreement on assured fuel supply. Does this deal mean differently to different people or is the nuclear pact intended to be breached by the more powerful party,������ Mr Singh wondered.
The political resolution scheduled to be taken up by the meeting here on Saturday is likely to turn its gaze at the deal more closely, spelling out the party���s reservations on the subject and its ���deleterious��� consequences for India. The political resolution, which will be introduced by Mr Prasad, is likely to see a lively intervention by Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi.
The BJP president, on his part, launched a broadside against the government on the nuclear deal. ``There are many reasons for opposing it. For instance, the People���s Daily, the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, recently published an article contending that China does not intend to limit its nuclear power, and that it needs to conduct more nuclear tests. If this kind of thinking is taking place in Beijing and if, in such a situation the government of India surrenders its right, then it could be dangerous for the country,������ he maintained.
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���Also, by agreeing to the terms of the NSG, have we not converted our unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing into a multi-lateral international commitment ?������ Mr Singh sought to know.
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