C UDAY BHASKAR Strategic Analyst and Commentator It was prudent not to release it earlier NO. I am of the considered view that the government of India (GOI) did not have to make public the agreed text of the India-specific IAEA agreement earlier than it did. While it is true that this issue has become a lightning rod for the breakdown between the UPA and the left parties, the larger international and domestic political context must be taken note of. In the press conference on Saturday (July 12), the NSA, M K Narayanan, clarified that the GOI had approached the board of governors of the IAEA only on July 8