No question of change in foreign policy over NPT: Cong

Congress dismissed reports suggesting that India would be signing an amended NPT to ensure a de jure nuclear power status for itself.

Congress today dismissed reports suggesting that India would be signing an amended NPT to ensure a de jure nuclear power status for itself.

The answer is absolutely no. There is no question of accepting it. The Indian stand has not changed due to your reference to a published report, Party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi told reporters when asked about a newspaper report suggesting that the country is moving towards signing an amended NPT in order to become a de jure nuclear state.

Singhvi said India is already a de facto and de jure nuclear power.

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Historically the Indo-US nuclear agreement made us a de jure and a de facto nuclear power without signing the CTBT and the NPT, he said when asked whether the country is considering signing the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) after any amendment into it.

He also rejected media reports,which indicated that the country was considering a foreign policy change by signing an amended NPT.

Replying to a question on another subject,Singhvi said Congress party justified the arrest of TRS leader K Chandrasekhar Rao in Hyderabad,who had launched a fast unto death on the issue of separate Telangana.

If this (going for fast unto death) is legally a suicide,how can we allow it. No solution will emerge from such an extreme step. Our stand is clear that no decision can be taken on the issue (of a separate statehood) as long as there is no consensus, Singhvi said.

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