Tackle terrorism before N-deal: Lord Paul

He said his apprehension against the deal stemmed from the fact that global terrorism has changed face and India was vulnerable to it.

“India has lost a lot to terrorism, including two Prime Ministers. The country still continues to suffer from terrorism,” Lord Paul said.

Giving another reason for why he was opposed to the deal, he said: “The world has not been able to find a solution to the nuclear waste problem.”

It would be unfair to the future generation to dump the nuclear wastes now and leave the problem unsolved.

“(US President George) Bush may want to supply nuclear plants to India. That’s their business but opposition is in human interest,” he said.

Commenting on the current global economic crisis, he said: “It is a manmade crisis and the investment bankers are responsible for it.”

He said bankers have gone overboard by giving loans to people, which were more than their repaying capacity.

Lord Paul apprehended that the crisis could be worse than what has been imagined as “the banks have not come out with the truth.”