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| If N-deal harms, India may back ... |
| If N-deal harms, India may back out: Kakodkar
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| INDIA
, 4-September-2008
8:12:22 AM |
| The ongoing controversy over the Indo-US nuclear deal got more murkier when India's top atomic official, Dr Anil Kakodkar, revealed India's stand.
In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Kakodkar said that India is willing to walk away from the Indo-US nuclear deal if it is not 'appetising' enough.
Using the metaphor of a well-cooked meal, he said that the deal is still cooking but in the end if the deal does harm to India, we are willing to walk away.
The comments come a day after a secret and strongly worded letter from the Bush administration to the United States Congress on the deal was released.
The letter was written in January and was meant to be confidential. Dr Kakodkar says that its release on Wednesday took him by surprise.
He, however, clarifies that the letter makes no difference to the 123 agreement but if India conducted a nuclear explosive test, one of the consequences it would have to factor in is the smooth functioning of the new nuclear reactors India will get
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