Just as the Indo-US nuclear deal will be judged by the larger context and the follow-up actions we undertake, so will this episode of the PM’s standing up to the Left. There is no evidence that standing up in the case of the nuclear deal is about anything more than standing up in the case of the nuclear deal. The PM’s historic 1991 speech referred to Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hein. This rhetorical register is now strikingly absent. And he has to convince that sarfaroshi will be for more than 123; and katils other than the Left can be taken on.
The writer is president,Centre for Policy Research
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