Nuked



The Indo-US Nuclear Deal, which I had so long considered to be the only achievement of the present Congress government, bit the dust yesterday thereby leaving the performance score an absolute zero.

In an interview to Financial Times, UK, Ashley Tellis, senior official in the Bush cabinet and the original architect of the deal commented that the 'deal is almost dead.'

According to Raja Mohan, a political commentator for The Hindu, there is a faint chance of this deal surviving if Sonia Gandhi talks tough with the Left and decides to go ahead with the deal. If any, this would probably be the best time because BJP’s victories in state elections should have put a fear in the mind of the Left and they would probably do nothing to upset the status quo. However, it is very unlikely that Mrs. Gandhi would take such a stand. On issues equally or more serious, she has remained inactive in the past. The only time she had taken a bold stand was when she helped Quottrocchi escape from the clutches of CBI.

With economic experts such as P Chidambaram and Manmohan Singh the domestic economy is in trouble. With veterans like Pranab Muherjee, A K Antony and Arjun Singh, the performance of various departments are at astandstill. Nothing much has been done with respect to improving the infrastructure on a nationwide scale. The blatant corruptions and administrative breaches of B-grade state politicians T R Balu, Anbumani, and Lalu are severely overlooked or worse, ignored. Constitutionally this government has been admonished several times by the courts for violations. Politically they have blundered on Ramar Sethu (Ram Bridge) and Farmer’s Loan waivers. The only discredit in Abdul Kalam’s presidential tenure was when he was forced to dismiss the yet-assembled Bihar assembly extra-constitutionally for which he was reprimanded by the Supreme Court. (He later apologised)

So far, I have believed that V. P. Singh’s was the worst government India ever had. Now Madam’s Proxy government is officially in the race. This government only need to insult Indian Army and unleash a Mandal like atrocity to top this chart.