India: "Nuke deal does not snatch right to conduct test: PM"

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'NEW DELHI: Dismissing concerns over the Indo-US nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday asserted in Parliament that the country retained the strategic autonomy and "sovereign" right to conduct a nuclear test, if needed.

Amid Opposition uproar and walkout by Left allies, he made a statement emphasising that India's independent foreign policy will remain unaffected by the nuclear deal, which has "mutual benefit" for the two "equal partners".'

The Times of India, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Nuke_deal_does_not_snatch_right_to_conduct_test_PM/rssarticleshow/2278810.cms

The left Parties seem unable to modify this strategy. It will go on in the name of the National interest.