Published 14:11 IST, August 16th 2019

Rajnath Singh's big statement on India's nuclear policy: 'Have adhered to no-first-use, future depends on circumstances'

In a big statement from the Defence Minister on nuclear policy of India on Friday August 16, said that no first use policy will depend on the circumstances and the future

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In a big statement from Defence Minister on nuclear policy of India on Friday August 16, said that first use policy will depend on circumstances and future.  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh while speaking to news ncy at Pokhran where he went to pay his tribute to late former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his first death anniversary said : "This is truth that India's stand as much as Nuclear policy is concerned has remained ' first policy' but what will happen in future will depend on circumstances in future." Atal Bihari Vajpayee conducted Nuclear Test in May 1998 in Pokhran when he was Prime Minister.

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Defence Minister also tweeted about same and paid tribiutes to Former PM. BJP-led government has so far t proposed any change in nuclear doctrine or First Use (NFU) on which India’s declaratory nuclear doctrine is based, however, in 2014 election manifesto, it h promised to “study in detail India’s nuclear doctrine, and revise and update it, to make it relevant to challenges of current times.”

Here is what Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted:

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13:53 IST, August 16th 2019