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Alarm over BJP party raises idea of pre-emptIve nuclear strike

Indian election alarm as BJP raises prospect of nuclear weapons rethink  Hindu nationalist opposition party, which is tipped to win lower house majority, causes concern with manifesto The Hindu nationalist opposition party tipped to win India’s election has sparked concern with a manifesto which, though largely devoted to economic development, setss out uncompromising hardline positions on contentious issues and raises the prospect of a revision of the country’s policy on use of its nuclear weapons………

It is the prospect of a revision of India’s nuclear doctrine, whose central principle is that New Delhi would not be first to use atomic weapons in a conflict, that has worried many in the region and beyond. Party sources involved in drafting the document told Reuters the “no first use” policy introduced would be reconsidered. The policy was introduced after India, then under a BJP government, conducted a series of nuclear tests in 1998. Pakistan, India’s neighbour responded within weeks with nuclear tests of its own…….. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/07/indian-election-bjp-manifesto-nuclear-weapons

April 9, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized