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India will keep is ‘no first use’ nuclear weapons policy

flag-indiaNo-first-use nuclear policy to stay: Rajnath Kumar Uttam, Hindustan Times  13 Apil 14, The BJP will leave unchanged India’s stand not to be the first side to use nuclear weapons in a conflict, the party said Sunday, ending speculation about one of the defining principles of New Delhi’s foreign policy. The no-first-use policy for nuclear weapons was a well thought out stand of the NDA government led by Atal Behari Vajpayee. We don’t intend to reverse it,” BJP chief Rajnath Singh told HT.

Party leaders say the policy has not only boosted India’s standing in the international community but also gives a certain amount of leverage in foreign-policy matters.

 Central to New Delhi’s nuclear doctrine — drawn up by the Vajpayee government after a series of nuclear tests in 1998 and followed by the successive UPA governments — is that India will not be the first to use nuclear weapons nor will it use them against a non-nuclear country……http://www.hindustantimes.com/elections2014/election-beat/no-first-use-nuclear-policy-to-stay-rajnath/article1-1207761.aspx

April 15, 2014 - Posted by | India, weapons and war

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