Whether the present UPA Government will survive?

Whether the present UPA Government will survive?

The government’s bid to survive the efforts of BJP and the Left to bring it down is now boiling down to a Tiger and Jackal game in UP. Mayawati has promised to take away at least three SP MPs. This is the first time that BSP and the Left have come together. While CPM views politics from the prism of class, BSP practices politics of caste determinism. However, the common objective of bringing the UPA government down has knocked them into an close alliance.
While Mayawati does not believe in striking long-term partnerships, this unusual political get-together could survive for two reasons. First, their spheres of influence do not overlap. Second, Mayawati needs a partner at the Centre. The CPM, on its part, needs an ally in the Hindi heartland. In this scenario, Mayawati, who has never hid her prime ministerial ambitions, will not be in a hurry to turn away the leftists.

CPM boss Prakash Karat, who had vowed to make it politically impossible for the Congress led government to execute the nuclear deal, on Sunday demonstrated the seriousness of his intent by reaching out to Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati for the first-ever collaboration on a political project between the two parties that do not see eye to eye.
Karat’s meeting with Mayawati on Sunday 13-7-2008.came at a time when the Uttar Pradesh chief minister is seething with anger over the government’s renewed attempt to set the CBI on her trail in a disproportionate assets case and the Congress’ growing friendliness with the Samajwadi Party.

After the 45-minute meeting, Karat said, “Mayawati reiterated her opposition to the deal. It was decided that there should be cooperation to stop the deal and in the struggle against the UPA government in this regard.”
Karat expressed appreciation for the stand taken by Mayawati on the nuclear deal. “He stressed that since the deal is against the country's interests, both parties should cooperate to fight against it,” a CPM statement said. Both leaders decided to coop-erate in Parliament when the trust vote is taken on July 22.

The BSP could be the centre piece of the CPM’s determined effort to defeat the government. The Congress calculations hinge on the hope that there will not be large-scale desertions from the SP’s ranks.

Mayawati can offer political accommodation – Lok Sabha tickets - to those who break ranks with the SP. Second, she can add to the anxieties of SP members who have reasons to fear the law.
On the proposed India-United States nuclear deal, Opposition Party Leader Mr. Advani said the government did not have the authority to execute any binding international agreement. The BJP would “renegotiate” the deal if it came to power.

``What has been done surreptitiously now needs to be condemned. We have a feeling a conspiracy is afoot to present the nation with a fait-accompli on the deal by rushing it through behind closed doors,’’ Mr Advani alleged, adding, ``No government — least of all a minority government — can be permitted to make commitments on an issue as fundamental to the country’s long-term interests and national security

Manmohan Singh P.M. of India and US President George W. Bush in 2005 unveiled the agreement to share civilian nuclear technology -- a deal that when finalised would see India entering the fold of global nuclear commerce after being shut out for decades.

Other than UPA parties people believe that allowing UN inspections of the country's civil nuclear programme -- as demanded by the Americans -- would harm India's strategic weapons programme.

The parliamentary vote, set for July 22, will going decide if the world's largest democracy will have to go to early polls before the end of the year and not when the government's mandate ends in May 2009. Let us see Whether the present UPA Government will survive?