07-03-2006, 10:13 AM
Shrugging off
<i>The PMâs lack of political understanding has become a serious handicap.</i>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->On the nuclear deal with the United States, the PMO has got a captive press, but that is no substitute for political consensus. Without a political consensus, any international agreement is a non-starter, and we donât want a situation where, at the last moment,<b> there is panic in government and a scramble to bring the political parties on board for the deal, and everybody turns away</b>. The PMO should be apprehensive that the Congress party itself is mum about the deal, but somewhat strangely, nobody in the prime ministerâs office is.
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It is here that the absence of a political PM is being most acutely felt. Winning the nuke deal in the US is obviously important, <b>but it is no more important than getting a political consensus on it here.</b> <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'> It is an issue of continuity, consensus ensures continuity, on national and energy security issues, a consensus is non-negotiable. </span>But the PMO carries on as if the BJP is of no account, as if Left opposition to the nuke deal can be somehow squared. But how? When?
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Spineless is good for signature, lack will and vision and love for country called India.
Continuity on important issues are important. India is more important then Queen or votes.
<i>The PMâs lack of political understanding has become a serious handicap.</i>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->On the nuclear deal with the United States, the PMO has got a captive press, but that is no substitute for political consensus. Without a political consensus, any international agreement is a non-starter, and we donât want a situation where, at the last moment,<b> there is panic in government and a scramble to bring the political parties on board for the deal, and everybody turns away</b>. The PMO should be apprehensive that the Congress party itself is mum about the deal, but somewhat strangely, nobody in the prime ministerâs office is.
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It is here that the absence of a political PM is being most acutely felt. Winning the nuke deal in the US is obviously important, <b>but it is no more important than getting a political consensus on it here.</b> <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'> It is an issue of continuity, consensus ensures continuity, on national and energy security issues, a consensus is non-negotiable. </span>But the PMO carries on as if the BJP is of no account, as if Left opposition to the nuke deal can be somehow squared. But how? When?
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Spineless is good for signature, lack will and vision and love for country called India.
Continuity on important issues are important. India is more important then Queen or votes.