From: Karthik Ramanathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dear Friends, I have prepared a petition which I hope to circulate among select people in the Indian parliament - like the leaders of the left parties as well as other independent MPs (assuming I can get some contact like say fax number ). The petition demands the MPs to vote against the UPA government on the July 22 trust vote. Please sign: http://www.petitiononline.com/petagupa/petition.html Sincerely, Karthik R II There are essentially two possibilities:election in November or early next year. The developments that have taken place have already provided certain advantage to the BJP regardless of timing. The consequences could be quite spine-chilling. But the main party leading the coalition has the major responsibility in running the coalition. Manmohan Singh has acted in a reckless and cowardly manner. He issued a statement during an in-flight interview on the way to Japan knowing it fully well that now no "clarification" cannot be extracted out of him. The statement that the GoI would soon be going to the IAEA BoG flatly contradicted the promise contained in the letter from the External Affairs Minister to the Left scheduling a meeting on July 10 to discuss the issue. Interestingly, after coming back, Singh did issue a a contradiction claiming that he had been misquoted, never mind that it was all recorded. By then, the damage is already done, very much on expected lines. Not only that, the draft agreement with the IAEA is circulated amongst the members of the IAEA BoG so that it can take up the issue before the trust-vote is taken, again flagrantly flouting the public commitment made by the External Affairs Minister. So if the government falls, the responsibility lies squarely at the door of Manmohan Singh. With the reports of horse-trading doing the rounds, even if the government survives, the relation between the Congress and the Left would only further worsen providing additional advantage to the BJP. The best case scenario that I can imagine at the moment is the government falls. Another minstry is formed led by the UPA, with the support of the Left, of course sans Manmohan Singh and the nuclear deal. The government takes a couple of positive steps like universalising the NREGA - every able-bodied person would be eligible, just not one from a family - enacting enabling law with accompanying provisioning of funds to implement education as a Fundamental Right, and of course the reservation for women in the state and central legislatures. And such others. At the moment, a conscientious person cannot but ask for ouster of this government. The disaster that awaits won't be mitigated if this government just manages to hang on through all sorts of skullduggery. That's my understanding. That's why I've signed. Sukla --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
