Indo-US Nuclear Deal Drops Nuclear Bomb on Indian Politics, Government Faces No-Confidence Motion
It was only yesterday that the Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) - the ruling party in India - was negotiating the Nuclear Deal with the United States, in an attempt to boost the country’s Nuclear Power sector. And now that the deal is set and ready to be signed, the Government is itself struggling to stay in power. Energy and ‘Power’ have indeed been closely associated in the recent past and politics is known to be governed by the energy sector. But when the world’s largest democracy faces a political crisis over an energy policy, we can safely conclude that in the climate constrained world of today, the only way to stay in power is to get the energy policy right!
The issues raised on the Nuclear Deal (also popular as the 1-2-3 Deal) are however not purely environmental. Though the deal is said to strengthen India’s energy independence, sovereignty and autonomy by putting an end to the sanctions that seem to have crippled the country’s nuclear efforts, political parties opposing the deal have raised concerns over compromising India’s independence in managing its nuclear program and taking autonomous decisions required to be taken for safeguarding national security.
The 1 of the 1-2-3 deal states that at a time when India faces crippling energy shortages, and when our nuclear plants are short of uranium, the nuclear deal assures us the supplies we need to power the future. However, there are groups who have pointed out the crippled conditions of people working in the existing plants in the country. As if Chernobyl and the Three Mile Island aren’t examples enough, citizen groups opposing the deal are also reminding the Government about what happened during the Bhopal Gas disaster over 20 years ago. Nuclear waste is the next issue raised.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist), which was until now supporting the coalition Government stay in power has not just withdrawn its support but has also launched a nation-wide agitation against the Government’s decision to sign the deal. With them gone, the Government now faces not just the agitation but also a no-confidence motion in the Parliament anytime now.
The Government is also trying to gather public support for the deal through the media by placing public service messages in the newspapers. One such message remarks, “The Nuclear Deal is in India’s Future” and urges the people to “think of tomorrow and support the agreement today”. What this short sighted ad grossly overlooks is the both the radioactive-full tomorrow and the option we have to switch to renewables.
Image Source: The Economic Times, July 4 2008
National interest is an eye wash. We know how much Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has done in national interest for the past 60 years. Few billions will disappear and life will continue as usual.
While China is developing alternative energy sources, we are eagerly opening up our market for US to dump it’s failed technology. Dr.Abdul Kalaam is not a original thinker and he will just repeat whatever he reads in foreign Journals. More over as a Muslim, he knows that he shall not say anything against the deal.
Abolition of Fossil fuels, Nuclear power and Weapons
THE END OF THE DINOSAUR CIVILIZATION (FOSSIL FUELS, NUCLEAR) AND THE EMERGING CONFLATION OF GLOBAL WARMING, GLOBAL CIVIL WAR, WORLD ECONOMIC DEPRESSION AND THE EXTINCTION OF THE HUMAN SPECIES…
According to an old story, a lord of ancient China once asked his physician, a member of a family of healers, which of them was the most skilled in the art. The physician, whose reputation was such that his name became synonymous with medical science in China, replied,My eldest sister sees the spirit of sickness and removes it before it takes shape, so her name does not get out of the house. My elder brother cures sickness when it is still extremely minute, so his name does not get out of the neighborhood. As for me, I puncture veins, prescribe medicines, and massage skin, so from time to time my name gets out and is heard among the lords.
(Dr. Thomas Cleary’s introduction to Sun Tzu’s Art of War translation note: Sun Tzu was writing at a time when Chinese civilization was embroiled in civil wars.)
War, Global Warming, financial calamity, starvation and suffering has become pornographic fodder world-wide.”The best and brightest” participate and profit by it regardless of their being on the right, left or the middle.
Chaos and Disorder are imbued and dispersed in our Knowledge-, Economic-, Climate-, even Wisdom networks of knowing. Politicians run amuck and Corporations have their blinders on to everything except what legally they are obligated to do that is to make profit above all else.(see The Corporation documentary - What is a corporation? http://www.youtube.com/watch …)
Too late is it now for long-term planning in the phase-out of King Coal and other Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power and Weapons.
All Tribes, Nations, Communities and Peoples must call and ACT for the Full Abolition of King Coal, Fossil Fuels, Nuclear Power and Weapons immediately.
Abolition of King Coal, Fossil Fuels and Nuclear power and Weapons Everywhere!
Call for the Abolition in your community now-
Stop the Global Warming Machines!
Stop the Coming Genocides - Food/Water/Energy Chaos!
Divest from King coal
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http://quebec.indymedia.org/en/node/28427 (previous document)
http://floodiceorfire.wordpress.com/ (this document)
http://burningdinosaur.wordpress.com/
IRAN AND ISRAEL SHOULD CALL FOR THE ABOLITION OF NUCLEAR POWER AND WEAPONS-FARFETCHED?ON JULY 13 2008 DOZENS OF MIDDLE EASTERN STATES CALLED FOR THIS INCLUDING NO BIO-CHEM WEAPONS IN MID-EAST
Mediterranean union wants to rid Mideast of WMD
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iAkOZStYXZ...
By ANGELA CHARLTON – 6 days ago
In a final declaration, Israel, Syria and the Palestinians along with countries across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa agreed to “pursue a mutually and effectively verifiable Middle East Zone free of weapons of mass destruction.”