India encounters fresh hitch for its nuclear ambitions

DEAL ORDEAL: Survivors of the Nagasaki bombing has appealed the NSG to reject the waiver.

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Vienna: There is fresh trouble for India's nuclear ambitions.

Survivors of the atomic bombing from Nagasaki have appealed to the Nuclear Suppliers Group not to give India the waiver it seeks.

The NSG meets to decide on the deal's fate on Thursday.

The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 carry with them tragic memories and powerful emotions.

An appeal by some survivors of the Nagasaki bombing to the Nuclear Suppliers Group may give India a reason to be wary of the smooth progress of the nuclear deal.

In a letter to the nuclear cartel, the appeals states any favourable treatment to India could see the collapse of the nonproliferation structure. It would also provide excuses for countries like Iran and North Korea to engage in atomic development.

The group is asking survivors from the Hiroshima bombing to join them. They are faxing letters to six NSG countries including Austria, New Zealand and Ireland that have strong reservations about giving India a waiver for nuclear trade.

The survivors are also bitterly critical of their country Japan.

They also made a statement saying that the Japanese government should object to it (the treaty) as Japan was a victim of the atomic bomb. It is pathetic that we have to ask other countries for help.

Earlier the US based Arms Control Association demanded that the NSG reject India's draft waiver as there were no meaningful amendments in it.

Ireland and some other countries said they needed more time to study the draft. Germany which heads the NSG is now saying that a third NSG meeting cannot be ruled out.

China continues to play hot and cold after Monday's broadside in the Peoples Daily against the nuclear deal.

The foreign office spokesperson called on the NSG to strike a balance between nonproliferation and the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

Clearly, there will be lots of smoke and perhaps even fire when the NSG opens on Thursday in Vienna.

(With inputs from Digvijay Singh Deo)