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The 19th CPM party congress being held in Coimbatore from 29 Mar 2008 onwards has an opening message for the country. Prakash Karat is proud of the CPM record – does that include what his party did in Nandigram? He did not mention.
Karat even made a plea to "progressive" forces in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal to forge an alliance against US. Was China deliberately left out or has Prakash realised he would be barking up the wrong tree by assuming that anything connected with China can be “progressive”? CPI general secretary A B Bardhan, who also spoke, said Left's position on the nuclear deal remained unchanged. The venom in Prakash Karat’s speech against the US must have prompted his communist comrade to put in his two penny worth too! So, is the opposition to the nuclear deal because of the US or is it just plain negative reaction to anything the UPA does? None of them have mentioned.
Interestingly, the recent criticism of China by the US on the issue of human rights in Tibet coincides with the adverse comments against the US offered by Prakash Karat. The perfect match in the timing of the US offering advice to China on the Tibet issue and Prakash Karat suggesting formation of a regional alliance against the US cannot be coincidental, given that the Chinese have always suspected that the Indo-US nuclear deal was the US' quid pro quo for an Indian willingness to co-operate with the US in countering the growing Chinese power in the Asian region. It is well known that Pakistan has close ties with China and opposes the deal. By aligning themselves with Pakistan and China to oppose the Indo-US nuclear deal, the communists led by Prakash Karat, D Raja, AB Burdhan and Sitaram Yechury have once again exposed that they are anything but proxies of these belligerent neighbors of India.
Karat even made a plea to "progressive" forces in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal to forge an alliance against US. Was China deliberately left out or has Prakash realised he would be barking up the wrong tree by assuming that anything connected with China can be “progressive”? CPI general secretary A B Bardhan, who also spoke, said Left's position on the nuclear deal remained unchanged. The venom in Prakash Karat’s speech against the US must have prompted his communist comrade to put in his two penny worth too! So, is the opposition to the nuclear deal because of the US or is it just plain negative reaction to anything the UPA does? None of them have mentioned.
Interestingly, the recent criticism of China by the US on the issue of human rights in Tibet coincides with the adverse comments against the US offered by Prakash Karat. The perfect match in the timing of the US offering advice to China on the Tibet issue and Prakash Karat suggesting formation of a regional alliance against the US cannot be coincidental, given that the Chinese have always suspected that the Indo-US nuclear deal was the US' quid pro quo for an Indian willingness to co-operate with the US in countering the growing Chinese power in the Asian region. It is well known that Pakistan has close ties with China and opposes the deal. By aligning themselves with Pakistan and China to oppose the Indo-US nuclear deal, the communists led by Prakash Karat, D Raja, AB Burdhan and Sitaram Yechury have once again exposed that they are anything but proxies of these belligerent neighbors of India.
Even the bitterest opponents of UPA will not accuse the Manmohan Singh government of hiding its intention to go ahead with the deal. Wonder why then the communists have waited patiently till the fag end of this government’s tenure to suggest formation of an anti US regional alliance?
As the Chinese stance against the Tibetans hardens and the world opinion veers against the Chinese, the Friends of China too are likely to step up their anti US machinations. Never mind if these friends are Indian communists or Pakistanis, never mind if their efforts harm the larger Indian interests; theirs is to serve the Chinese masters irrespective of any other consideration. The world is likely to hear a higher pitch of Indian communists resonating Chinese agenda as the Beijing Olympics draw closer, in order to offset adverse publicity the Chinese generate by murdering even more Tibetans. Seeing their unquestionable loyalty to the Chinese cause, the Chinese can easily substitute the Mascots for the Beijing olympics with Indian communists.
1 comment:
i agree with you. Prakash Karat should be the new mascot for Beijing Olympics.
at the same time, i do wonder why the deal structure has been made a secret... why does Manmohan not address the nation and assuage the fear of people if he himself is so convinced.. we all know even Tarapore plant was under IAEA safeguards - why does the congress not highlight the fact that safeguards are nothing new for India?
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