The Phoren Hand is Back
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When I was in school and college, Indian politicians used to attribute their failures to the “Phoren Hand” (Foreign Hand). This most often referred to the Americans and the CIA. You hardly hear of it now and I guess that generation of politicians and journalists have passed.
The Indian left parties that support the coalition UPA government are threatening to pull the plug if the government signs the nuclear cooperation treaty with the US. Whether the government will stay in power or not is uncertain but what is certain is the fact that the nuclear deal is doomed despite US threats that it’s either now or never.
Who is the biggest loser? India as a whole, as we will miss our target of 20,000 MW of power generation coming from nuclear sources by 2020. Lack of electricity will put a slow brake on the growth of our economy and wouldn’t a certain neighboring communist Asian superpower like to see that happen?
Maybe this is why the Indian communists have been so busy opposing economic reforms of the Central government ever since the UPA government has come into power, while in their own playground of West Bengal, reforms are going at full steam turning the state into an economic powerhouse.
What’s sauce for the goose is obviously not sauce for the gander or is there a “Phoren Hand” stirring the pot?
Today’s Wall Street Journal had an editorial on the subject at hand. The concluding paragraph:
Talking about sauce for the gander, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee says, “We just cannot avoid nuclear power.”
Article in The Hindu