Defence Minister Rajnath Singh attacked CPI (M)’s poll manifesto for promising to eliminate nuclear weapons, stating that both of India’s neighbours have nuclear weapons and in such a situation, it will compromise the nation’s security.“Destroying India’s nuclear weapons is nothing less than playing with the country’s security and it is a conspiracy to weaken the country’s security,” Singh said on Wednesday.
Singh was in Kasaragod district of Kerala to address a public meeting. Later in the day, he will address two more meetings in Kannur.
Notably, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) — which is part of the INDIA bloc — in its manifesto which was released on Thursday has promised “complete elimination of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction including chemical and biological weapons.”
