‘India can’t miss the bus to nuclear development’
The Government and its Left Front partners have reached a truce on the Indo-US nuclear agreement but the Prime Minister has made it clear the country is not abandoning the deal.
“There is today talk the world over of a nuclear renaissance and we cannot afford to miss the bus or lag behind those global developments,” Manmohan Singh said at an event to dedicate two new nuclear power reactors in Tarapur.
“India is now too important a country to remain outside the international mainstream in this critical area. We need to pave the way for India to benefit from nuclear commerce without restrictions,” he said.
His comments came a day after the Government and the four main Left parties agreed to form a panel to study the controversial nuclear deal.
He said international cooperation would not become effective until the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) adapts its guidelines to enable nuclear commerce with India.
Source: IBNLive
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