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Scrutinise US proposed draft nuclear treaty
BBC FOREIGN desk Expert Qamar Agha said that Indian government should scrutinise the nuclear treaty draft proposal by the US. Speaking at a prize giving ceremony at the DAV College here on Friday, Agha said the draft should be scrutinised before the US senate gave approval to it. It would become difficult to make any amendment to the draft once the Senate passed it, he said.
BBC FOREIGN desk Expert Qamar Agha said that Indian government should scrutinise the nuclear treaty draft proposal by the US. Speaking at a prize giving ceremony at the DAV College here on Friday, Agha said the draft should be scrutinised before the US senate gave approval to it. It would become difficult to make any amendment to the draft once the Senate passed it, he said.
Referring to the US proposal for giving uranium to India, Agha said in fact was that the USA wanted to strengthen this country for its vested interest. “In fact, the US wants to bring entire south Asia under its political and economic influence through India,” he said.
Agha further said that the US was unhappy with the Pakistan’s diplomacy which tried to bargain with US on every petty issue. “As per its new strategy, the US has preferred to build India a big power in Asia,” he added. Professor Harsh Sinha, a BBC correspondent eulogised the role of Indian diplomacy in making India a peace zone.
Shikha Bhadauria of Christ Church College and Mridul Awasthi of DBS College were given first and second prizes respectively for excelling I an essay contest held on ‘India US Atomic Treaty’ . Chief coordinator of the function Dr Abhay Kumar Srivastava spoke about the co-ordination between Nuclear Disarmament and Peace Organisation (CNDP). The principal of the college Dr Ashoke Saxena welcomed the guests.
