Everyone loves a conspiracy. At worst—if it ends up being just a theory—it will remain a good story that keeps readers and listeners riveted. At best, it could end up being true, but more on that later. For now, let me present a conspiracy theory as to why the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is doing what it is doing after it was re-elected with a margin that surprised everyone, including politicians and psephologists.
Among the first actions of the UPA, signalled through newly anointed commerce minister Anand Sharma, was its statement to the world that it would not block a global trade deal. The statement tacitly accepted that it was India, led by then commerce minister Kamal Nath, that had previously scuppered a deal. Ironically, this charge was first levelled by the US, which was widely seen to have played a role in the death of the deal, but does not carry the sense of guilt that India has now discovered. Even more curious, Nath did not continue at his old job and surfaced in the cabinet as the highways minister.
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