Don't mind nuke test, if voted to power: Advani
If voted back to powel the BJP would not shy away from conducting a fresh round of nuclear tests, party leader and prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani said on Sunday.
In an interview to a Malayalam television channel, he said the two rounds of nuclear tests in Pokhran had earlier helped India position itself among world powers.
"Almost all nuclear powers never said that they would not test their nuclear stockpiles. So why should India do it? We don't mind another blast if it is necessitated," Advani said during a two-day tour of the state.
A restriction on conducting further nuclear tests was one of the rea- sons his party was opposing the nuclear deal with the United States. "Our opposition to the nuclear deal and the Left's position on it are totally different. We have no plan to oppose everything American as the Left is doing. We are opposed to the provisions of the Hyde Act, which literally prevents the country
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In an interview to a Malayalam television channel, he said the two rounds of nuclear tests in Pokhran had earlier helped India position itself among world powers.
"Almost all nuclear powers never said that they would not test their nuclear stockpiles. So why should India do it? We don't mind another blast if it is necessitated," Advani said during a two-day tour of the state.
A restriction on conducting further nuclear tests was one of the rea- sons his party was opposing the nuclear deal with the United States. "Our opposition to the nuclear deal and the Left's position on it are totally different. We have no plan to oppose everything American as the Left is doing. We are opposed to the provisions of the Hyde Act, which literally prevents the country
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To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com
Labels: BJP, Hyde Act, interview, L.K. Advani, Malayalam television channel, nuclear tests, Pokhran
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