How do you view the debate over the nuclear deal which you have endorsed? Does the deal have the potential to emasculate indigenous science and technology efforts, as some critics fear?
The deal has nothing to do with Indian science. Definitely, this deal will put pressure on nuclear scientists and India to become self-reliant in thorium-based nuclear reactors.
Indians recently saw bribe money being brandished in Parliament. All this takes hope away from the people and results in a lack of faith in government. Why has governance taken a backseat? Why has politics fallen to such depths?
People have the responsibility to elect the right type of members of legislative assemblies and Parliament. There is no point showing helplessness after electing the members. Always remember, elect the representative who will work for development politics -- that is national economic development with a value system as the primary goal.
Image: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulates Dr Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, after inaugurating two new atomic reactors at the Tarapur Atomic Power Station, some 125 km north of Mumbai, August 31, 2007. Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images.
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