New Delhi: The nuclear deal is dead and so is Congress’s credibility and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's image, so say the country's top strategic experts. Some are even calling for the Prime Minister to quit for having so meekly put petty political interest over national interest.
“I don’t think the Prime Minister should continue to lend his name to this Government,” says strategic affairs analyst, K Subrahmanyam.
Analysts say India will not just lose face internationally, it will also have to say goodbye to similar deals with Russia and France, which means its fuel strapped nuclear power plants, currently working at 50 per cent capacity, will sooner than later slip into a coma.
“Politics has dominated over common sense and national interest,” says strategic affairs analyst, K Santhanam.
The next American president will almost certainly demand more concessions from India, says Subrahmanyam.
Using a cricketing analogy, he says India has snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. But another parallel can also be drawn
“Our maharajas handed over power to the east-India company. Something similar is happening today among the three parties - the Congress, the BJP and the Communists. All three have not put national interest on top of their agenda,” says Subrahmanyam.
In the 60s and the 70s, America would say India had no will power. Manmohan Singh's UPA has successfully re-inforced that image 40 years later.
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