The Indo-US Nuclear Deal Debate

The ruling UPA may have obtained the majority vote in the two day debate on the Indo-US nuclear deal in the Indian Parliament. But was the debate really about debating the merits of the Indo-US nuclear deal? Heck no... It was a political mud-slinging match to see which party can paint the other in a poor light so that they can have an upper hand in next years parliamentary elections.

But nothing was more dramatic and shameful then when the three BJP Members of Parliament stormed the well of the house displaying wads of cash claiming it was paid to them by one of the ruling coalition parties to abstain from voting on the deal.

It seemed as if every person in the August Hall of the parliament was motivated to get his or her pound of flesh at the expense of the other, so that he can be nominated by his or her party to contest the next election.

Krishna Prasad of churmuri fame put it best
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The fear of losing the nearest election is the only thing that motivates our netas. There is no higher, no greater, no nobler objective. And that applies to the Left to the Right and every shade of centre. Which is why so little of the two-day debate was about the intricacies of the agreement, and so much of it was about making the most out of now.
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