Meanwhile, it is the Opposition parties that are convulsed by crisis. The BJP is busy expelling its parliamentarians who flouted the party whip, and must ask itself whether it was correct in taking the position it did on the nuclear agreement. Its strategy of not toppling the government but giving it a bloody nose on the morality issue has worked. But few will argue that the party has much to show by way of political gains

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First Published: Jul 24 2008 | 12:00 AM IST

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