Ok, after the news hour debate last night, I pick up the papers first thing in the morning and here they go again....media reports (print and electronic alike) have been flooded with the fallouts of the government's signing or not signing up to this deal. It'd be interesting to know just how many people are actually aware about the merits and demerits of the deal, and how many are just being rats to this Pied Piper.
Atleast I, for one, cannot claim expertise on this subject. However, what I do know, is that one must be able to reconcile the differences of opinion by debating the pros and cons of the deal, instead of threatening to pull the plug from a government that has lived its life on Left(-over) support systems.
Is the Left right, or is it right to be left out? Unfortunately, we have been discussing the wrong problems.
Surely, if national interest is common to both sides, whoever be right, atleast the differences can be sorted out by understanding each other's point of view. When the intent is the same and only the methods/ideology different, you don't issue deadlines and ultimatums. It's like the (in)famous "Either you are with us, or with the terrorists" Bushism. Why can't you be right even if you don't agree with me? And if the intent that forms the basis of taking the respective stances - national interest - is common to both parties, is a disagreement over the means to reach that end, good (rather, bad!) enough to sever ties with each other?
Something is seriously amiss.
My point is that if the goal of India being best served is common - whether it is with or without the deal - then why focus on the fights and not the issue? The developments that have been unfolding have been more about whether SP will support, whether the government will survive, when will the Left finally withdraw support, how will this impact each party in the polls, etc.
Some might argue that we have come too far from the point of discussing about the deal now.
Oh right! But how much ground have we gained by constantly bickering about the now-inevitable divorce between the Congress and the Left, and how worse could it have been if we had stuck to the stand of understanding each other's points and concerns, even if it meant doing it over and over again?? Again, assuming, we had a common national interest - ofcourse, I brought this assumption to your notice for the first time!
Just hope all the brouhaha over the deal is sorted amicably and India's best interests are taken care of, through constructive brainstorming instead of being busy recriminating and creating obituaries for each other.
Amen!
