The CPM General Secretary says doing a nuclear deal with the US will turn India into a US stooge. Yeah, right. The fact is, not doing the deal with the US will turn the honorable and well-intended PM and his party into a stooge of the Left. Besides of course, turning the entire nation into puppets in the hands of an ideology that is well past its time and place in the world today.
I’d rather we be a stooge of the US, than a stooge of the Left.
Why? Isn’t it obvious?
A deal with the US, besides providing a much needed boost to our peaceful nuclear programme, means more opportunities, more business, more jobs, more security, more growth, more world power and presence for India and Indian companies.
A deal with the Left parties, means more protection for lazy labor, more protection for doddering resource-sucking public sector companies, more political blackmail and more anarchy. A deal with the Left also means less new industry, less privatisation, less growth, less efficiencies in the workplace, less professionalism in decision making, and overall lesser ability and standing for India and Indian companies to compete and hold their head high abroad.
Sure, the honorable Mr Karat and Co. have weilded their stick… but I fail to see the carrot.
