Pokhraan nuke test celebrations:why give political colour?

Very often, new governments refuse to accept or reverse policies instituted by the previous regime. But its probably an India-special that we turn everything 180 degrees. The UPA Government has had a special penchant for this... and where the policies worked, they commandeered them by doing the thing they do best- giving them a Gandhi name. Family first, Patriotism and national welfare comes later.

Now, as we approach a decade of one of the Nation's greatest achievements , the Pokhran-II Nuclear tests (May 11 and 13, 1998), the UPA policy seems to be disgustingly clear - reject it! The UPA government has decided not to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the tests.
And to explain their stance,the minister of State for Defence has said that the pokhran test had brought many sanctions to India.But the UPA should not forget that it is being able to negotiate a nuclear deal with the USA only because of the pokhran tests.And if the sanctions are a cause for not celebrating the pokhran tests then the UPA should be reminded that the 1974 nuke tests had brought about far greater sanctions.So does the UPA government want ot say that the nuke deal was actually harmful?Let them answer this question and their political hypocrisy would be shamefully exposed!!!And again if the sanctions and the associated problem are taken into account then we should also not celebrate the creation of bangl;adesh which has brought about a far greater mulotitude of problems than the Pokhran tests.

It is nauseating to see the ministers denigrate our scientists and spit on all the positives that the Shakti tests achieved, just so that the Congress wouldn't give away brownie points to the NDA.

In fact, when we celebrate so many days for idiotic reasons only because some inbred fool was born with the Gandhi surname, why can't we celebrate something of substance, instead of - Sadbhavana Divas (Rajiv Gandhi's Birthday), Children's Day (Nehru's Birthday), National Integration Day (Indira Gandhi's Birthday), National Oathtaking day (Indira Gandhi's Death Anniversary).

The UPA should do well to remember that if we can look into the eyes of the superpower nations and negotiate deals it is only due to our nuclear capability that was brought about by the pokhran nuclear tests.The other developed nations also consider us as a powerful nation and woo us only because we are a nuke capable nation and it is only for this reason that we are thought about by the west as a deterrent to the Chinese.The UPA can ignore the Pokhran nuke tests but rational and educated people will understand the importance of Pokhranm in Indian history.
But nothing more can be expected from a party which is more interested in the interests of the family lineage that is Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi rather than the interests of the party!!!!The Congress should understand that in preventing the NDA getting some brownie points it has only further alieneted itself from the "aam admi" whose cause it so staunchly supports and this might return to haunt the UPA during the polls actually!!

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