Ideology Over National Interest

Rigid dedication to a particular ideology, even at the cost of frittering away vital strategic gains, has the potential of becoming a bane for the progressive political, economic and strategic integration of India into the global political pecking order. The Leftists, with their unstinting and unadulterated obeisance to a historically much discredited Communist ideology, are endangering India's legitimate rise in the ladder of relevant nations. The Indo-U.S. nuclear deal, which would have opened the gate of advanced civil nuclear co-operation with the international nuclear community and not just the U.S., was a route through which India could have asserted itself confidently as a responsible and influential regional and world player. The U.S. is the only country which has the diplomatic wherewithal to convince NSG nations to grant India a specific exemption from barriers to civil nuclear trade. The Leftists, whose Communist ideology deems any strategic co-operation with an infinite enemy like America a sin, and who conveniently express zealous admiration for our neighbouring Communist giant, are selfishly acting as creators of obstacles in India's path to development only to protect their 'subservient ideology' in spite of knowing fully well that China and Pakistan too have conveyed their displeasure over the nuclear deal.