
Instead of building on this record of nuclear bipartisanship, Advani, sadly, has allowed the BJP to reject the nuclear deal. In refusing to rise to the occasion, the BJP has tailed an anti-nuclear CPM and forsaken its claim as a consistent champion of India’s national security interests. It’s a pity that the BJP is disowning the nuclear legacy of its tallest leader, Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The writer is a Professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore iscrmohan@ntu.edu.sg