BJP says Renegotiate Indo- US Nuclear deal

BJP says Renegotiate Indo- US Nuclear deal
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Chairman Anil Kakodkar indicated that the adoption of the thorium route of which India has plentiful reserves would take time.

2007-11-07 18:00:15 - M R Srinivasan acknowledged that the Hyde Act, the base of the nuclear deal, was not not completely in favour of India."Probably the Act does not allow us a further nuclear test and has provision regarding termination of treaty in that," the former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission said.

BJP today made it clear that the accord should be renegotiated and not hustled through as it "compromises" with the country's long-term strategic programmes.
After a meeting of its core group, attended by top leaders including L K Advani and BJP chief Rajnath Singh, the party said it was opposed to the deal and accused the government of making a "significant
strategic blunder" by turning it into a kind of an icon of India's relations with the US.

The statement issued by Advani, Singh and Jaswant Singh assuems significance in the context of media reports that the BJP was diluting its opposition and may not be averse to supporting the deal as the party was not ideologically opposed to the US unlike the Leftists. Over the last few days former American Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, US Ambassador to India David Mulford, National Security Advisor M K Narayanan and Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar had met the three leaders and were told of the BJP's position.

Top BJP leaders will meet tomorrow to take stock of the clarifications made to the party by US diplomats.Tthe government convince BJP to support the deal in Parliament when it convenes on November 15.
Nuclear Suppliers Group member Switzerland today asked India to give details of the civil nuclear agreement with the US as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought its support for the agreement.
The issue was discussed at talks between Singh and visiting Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey here.

"I requested the Prime Minister to have an Indian expert to explain the Indo-US nuclear deal," Calmy-Rey told reporters here when asked about Switzerland's position on the Indo-US nuclear agreement.

The Prime Minister said "someone" will travel to Switzerland to brief her government on the deal, she said.

Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said genuine concerns on the deal need to be addressed and the government will consider all the options it has before taking a decision on the future of the deal.

"Once we have exhausted all the options we will decide what to do. If not, then we will tell the nation 'you decide'," he said at a public lecture on the "Indo-US Nuclear Agreement" organised by the Delhi University.

To a question on the right to conduct a nuclear test, he said the deal did not ban India from exploding an atomic device but made it clear that it will have to face the consequences for such a move.

"Its the same like if you sit for exams and fail, you too have to face the consquences," Sibal said

French oficials in Mumbai said "We will be unable to enter into a deal with India on civilian nuclear cooperation unless India enters into safeguards agreement with IAEA as a follow up of 123 agreement with the US," French delagtes were here to participate in the just-concluded first Indo-French nuclear business meet.
Inputs PTI

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