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No objection to N-deal if test option is retained: Advani

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Press Trust Of India Pune

"We have no problem with supply of nuclear fuel from America for our reactors and for generation of atomic energy. But we have to ponder over at what cost we are going to get it," Advani, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said at a book release function here.

Criticising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for rejecting the BJP demand for celebration of the 10th anniversary of Pokhran-II, the 1998 atomic explosions conducted during the NDA government's tenure, Advani said his party attached similar importance to Pokhran-I tests, which were conducted in 1974 by the Indira Gandhi government.

 

Advani said the BJP would not accept a ban on "Pokhran-III" as it would compromise India's position as a nuclear power nation. "Remove this ban in the agreement by renegotiating the deal and we will not have any objection," he said.

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First Published: Jun 06 2008 | 12:00 AM IST

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