The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has warned that the Indo-US nuclear deal will lead to American supremacy over the country's strategic programme and said the country should not open any nuclear facilities for International Atomic Energy Agency inspections.
The latest issue of Sangh journal Panchjanya reproduced the RSS's Nagpur resolution in February in which it warned that opening nuclear facilities for IAEA inspections until the country was officially declared a nuclear power will be a 'risky' decision.
Panchjanya wrote that it was reproducing the resolution so that there remained no confusion or doubt about the Sangh's stand on the nuclear deal.
"Separation of our atomic programmes into civil and military programmes will have dangerous consequences. If we separate our nuclear programmes this way, we will bring three fourths of our programmes and scientists under control of the IAEA, which will be against our national interests," the resolution said.
It, instead, suggested the government should exploit thorium, which it pointed out was in abundance in the country, to meet energy requirements.
The Sangh resolution, which insisted the accord will lead to American supremacy over the country's strategic programmes, praised scientists who it said generated public opinion against the nuclear deal with the United States.
The government, the resolution said, should exercise caution and transparency over the nuclear deal and come out with a long-term independent nuclear policy in consultation with heads of the three wings of the armed forces, security and foreign policy experts.
It made no mention of any change in domestic laws or renegotiation of the pact.
But Panchjanya quoted senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi as saying the deal could be considered should India retain its right to nuclear testing with an independent foreign policy.
"There is no objection with the agreement is based on an equal level and both countries take care of each others' interest," Joshi said, echoing Advani's call of last week.
Joshi maintained that the Hyde Act of the US will undermine India s weapons programmes, but said his party's concerns over the nuclear deal did not stem from any anti-Americanism.
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