And, people also forget that it was NDA under Vajpayee which made India sound like responsible state that will not tinker insanely with the Nuclear arms. Strobe Talbott mentions that in his book engaging India that Jaswanth Singh achieved a lot more than what he wanted to achieve and he was left with an admiration for Jaswanth Singh.
The NDA also delivered stunning growth despite the economic sanctions imposed by the Clinton government back then. If the UPA got a nice nuclear deal done, it is not undeniable that the NDA set some foundations for the USA to start feeling that India will not misuse Nuclear armaments and will want to use it responsibly too and is a safe state in nuclear deal. Also the Congress never gives respect to PVN Rao, who was one of the best PMs for Congress in their campaigns. This smacks of extreme dynastic sycophancy for the Gandhis in Congress. As I said earlier the role of TC which opposed SEZs, economic packages becomes critical now in the new UPA government along with the shrewd DMK which uses politics for it's self interests using manipulative tactics with help of some teachers and works less on development. -- Bharat | http://twitter.com/shettyb On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Vinayak Hegde <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Mahesh Murthy <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Somehow, every Modi and BJP / Hindutva plank apologist seems to believe >> that it's okay to order the killing (and subsequent hush-up) of thousands of >> Muslims as long as you're pro-development, especially if that tag comes from >> bribing the Tatas and Ambanis with free land and zero taxes to side-step >> their conscience and set up factories in Gujarat. > > Well, playing the Devil's Advocate, if Manmohan singh does the same > thing, it will be called a "stimulus package". Think about it. Giving > incentives to businesses (within limits) is a positive way of > promoting growth. All those people who praise Manmohan Singh and > Narsimha Rao forget the fact the India was forced into the corner when > reforms were pushed in 1991. > > Bribing for one could be similar to promoting development for another. > Extending your theory, making it easy for FIIs to invest in India (and > inviting FDI) is also bribery and kowtowing to the US and EU. (Yeah I > sound like the left parties now :) > > -- Vinayak > >
