Bad Deal ???

Yes, the nuclear deal signed by India and US is bad news.It is bad for the Left parties since the deal is with US and not their very own China.It is understandably bad for BJP ,forget the fact that NDA govt. did a lot of groundwork for the deal,as Congress is going to walk away with all the credit.For people like Mulayam Singh, naturally everything would appear bleak after the drubbing his party received in the recent UP elections.More or less something of this sort applies to all those who are opposing this deal on political and ideological grounds.
As far as the merits of the deal are concerned,it provides India entry into global nuclear energy market which is a must for India given its high energy requirements.Nothing can be an unqualified good ,and the same is true for this deal.Both India as well as the United States stand to gain a lot from this deal.Both have also made some concessions which is to be expected.US is the only super power and it would no doubt try to lure India into becoming its ally in its various missions .But ultimately its upto India how far it bends to accommodate US interests.Even without the deal India has succumbed to US pressure,vote against Iran in IAEA is a case in point,and so have other countries with the exception of Russia and China.India's foreign policy would be guided as ever by its sovereign interests ,deal or no deal ,should be made clear to the US at the outset.The UPA govt. must stick to its guns on the deal and should not feel threatened by Left's brinkmanship.