Tuesday, August 21, 2007
123-agreement between US and India
I have a solution for the current political impasse over the nuclear agreement with
US.Here is the text of 123 agreement concluded between India and United States.
I have gone through the text, and one thing I can safely say is that it adds no
binding clause to India so long as we do not import nuclear material from them.
Since the urgency of the current situation is that the clock is ticking on time window for approving the deal, what we could do is
--Go ahead and approve the deal in parliament with the rider that, If a government wants to import Uranium from the US, then it should get 2/3 majority of the parliament of the day for this question (The total strength. Not just the attending members on that particular day.).
This would sufficiently address the concerns raised by both BJP and Left, while getting the government out of the imbroglio it has found itself in. ¶ 9:07 PM
US.Here is the text of 123 agreement concluded between India and United States.
I have gone through the text, and one thing I can safely say is that it adds no
binding clause to India so long as we do not import nuclear material from them.
Since the urgency of the current situation is that the clock is ticking on time window for approving the deal, what we could do is
--Go ahead and approve the deal in parliament with the rider that, If a government wants to import Uranium from the US, then it should get 2/3 majority of the parliament of the day for this question (The total strength. Not just the attending members on that particular day.).
This would sufficiently address the concerns raised by both BJP and Left, while getting the government out of the imbroglio it has found itself in. ¶ 9:07 PM
