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After having said this, naturally, I have to link it to the recent nuclear tests that we had conducted. I do not want to go into the merits of it because in the last debate I had already spoken about the nuclear tests.

I only like to know how the Government so far has handled the fall out of the nuclear tests. I must charge this Government that this Government has completely failed in the diplomatic area. Today, the country does not know who is running the Foreign Ministry. I personally do not know who is running the Ministry of External Affairs. Is it the PMO, is it the Planning Commission, is it the South Block, or is it the Home Ministry? Today I find beautiful statements by the Minister of Home Affairs on foreign policy. Who is actually running the Foreign Ministry?

"As long as the world is constituted as it is, every country will have to device and use the latest scientific devices for its protection. I have no doubt that India will develop its scientific research and I hope Indian scientists will use atomic power for constructive purposes. But if India is threatened, she will inevitably try to defend herself by all means at her disposal. I hope India in common with other countries will prevent the use of atomic bomb."

The question being asked is, what necessitated India to go for the nuclear test. Our hon. friend from Marxists Party has stated that there was no necessity for this nuclear test. There is no threat from anywhere. There is no threat from China. I would like to draw the attention of the House, through you, towards the Reports of the Standing Committees on Defence of the previous Lok Sabha.Those Reports have clearly indicated that there is a threat to our security from our neighbour China. The Committee was headed by the great Parliamentarian, for whom I have the greatest respect, Shri Indrajit Gupta.

">SHRI C. SREENIVASAN (DINDIGUL): Sir, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to participate in the discussion on foreign policy. India is not just a country, India is a subcontinent. India has diverse religions, diverse communities, diverse languages and diverse cultures. India's unity in diversity is our strength. When several other nations were practising gun power, India was the only country which gave the message of non-violence and peaceful negotiations as instruments for finding solutions to all international problems. This year, we conducted our nuclear tests. Our intentions are very clear. We associated our nuclear tests with `Buddha smiles'. Buddha had renounced the world, but Buddha did not renounce wisdom. We are not a nuclear power; we are a nuclear saint. The nuclear weapons will be used only when the saint is disturbed.
I have another important book titled `A Foreign Policy for India' by Shri Inder Kumar Gujral. Both the former and the present Prime Ministers have written two books on India's foreign policy. Both the books contain the same ideology and commitment to the ageold principles of India's commitment towards world peace, disarmament and non-alignment.
I begin to say that there is a tradition of our country in respect of world peace, disarmament and Non-Alignment Movement. But today, the most important incident of the nuclear tests, conducted by the Indian scientists at Pokharn range, have violated this tradition. This is a complete departure. The conduct of nuclear tests at Pokharn range without any security threat have become a violation of our ageold principles of India's foreign policy and non-alignment movement.