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Significant points

The points raised in the article "Nuclear deal: why avoid sense of Parliament?" (Aug. 12) are indeed significant. India, an emerging economic and global power, should not allow the adjusting and re-adjusting of its foreign policy for a strategic partnership the implications of which are not even predictable. Once the "final product" emerges, the country will be forced to implement the agreement. Why not, then, discuss the issues arising from the American stand first?

Prabhat Kumar Ghosh,
Ghaziabad, U.P.

The UPA Government is duty-bound to answer the questions raised in the article. India is the largest democracy and has survived many crises in the past. The course adopted by the Government on the deal to circumvent Parliament is not desirable.

V.P. Ramesan,
Tripunithura, Kerala

The main Opposition party has also expressed serious apprehensions over the civilian nuclear deal. The Government is probably under the impression that a discussion on the subject will tie its hands from clinching the deal on favourable terms. Whatever the merits of the deal, it is the Government's duty to take not only the MPs into confidence but also the scientific community which has argued against signing the deal. Only then will the people be convinced that it is in national interest.

Dantu Surya Rao,
Kakinada, A.P.

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