{"id":23543,"date":"2025-11-08T11:06:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T11:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/08\/compromised-national-security-for-vote-bank-bjp-mp-says-congress-enabled-pakistans-nuclear-rise-politics-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T11:06:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T11:06:15","slug":"compromised-national-security-for-vote-bank-bjp-mp-says-congress-enabled-pakistans-nuclear-rise-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/08\/compromised-national-security-for-vote-bank-bjp-mp-says-congress-enabled-pakistans-nuclear-rise-politics-news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Compromised National Security For Vote Bank\u2019: BJP MP Says Congress Enabled Pakistan&#8217;s Nuclear Rise | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9693404\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">November 08, 2025, 16:09 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9693404\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3067554555 asubttl-schema\">Nishikant Dubey blamed Congress and Indira Gandhi for not stopping Pakistan&#8217;s nuclear program, citing Richard Barlow&#8217;s remarks and alleged political motives behind the decision.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3067554555\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3067554555 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"BJP MP Nishikant Dubey (Image: PTI Videos)\" title=\"BJP MP Nishikant Dubey (Image: PTI Videos)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3067554555\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BJP MP Nishikant Dubey (Image: PTI Videos)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey on Saturday hit out at the Congress over former CIA official Richard Barlow\u2019s remarks that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi didn\u2019t allow any attack on Pakistan to halt its atomic ambition, saying that it was the Congress leadership that allowed Pakistan to move ahead with its nuclear programme, which became a headache for India today.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">\u201cPakistan started making nuclear bombs in 1980. When this information was revealed, Israel wanted to come together with India and attack Pakistan\u2026 But in 1982, former PM Indira Gandhi asked the military not to take any action,&#8221; the BJP MP said as quoted by news agency <em>ANI<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twtiframe\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#WATCH<\/a> | Katihar. Bihar | BJP MP Nishikant Dubey says, \u201cPakistan started making nuclear bombs in 1980. When this information was revealed, Israel wanted to come together with India and attack Pakistan\u2026 But in 1982, Former PM Indira Gandhi asked the military not to take any\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WCasEQQKEJ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/WCasEQQKEJ<\/a>\u2014 ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1987089619775857044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">November 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">He further said that such an operation could have altered South Asia\u2019s strategic landscape. \u201cHad Pakistan not been a nuclear state, what would its value have been? It would have been destroyed and divided into pieces,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">Dubey further accused the grand old party of compromising national interests for political gains. \u201cA CIA document from 1974 mentioned that after India\u2019s nuclear test, Indira Gandhi wanted to share the technology with Pakistan for vote bank politics. Congress thinks that the more it raises the slogans of \u2018Pakistan Zindabad\u2019, the more Muslim votes it will get,&#8221; Dubey alleged.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">He accused the Gandhi family of \u201cpawning the nation for Muslim votes&#8221; and said that India now faces a \u201cneighbour that can never improve&#8221; as a result of decisions taken in the past.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">His remarks came a day after former CIA official Richard Barlow reacted to reports about a joint plan by India and Israel in the 1980s to launch a pre-emptive strike on Pakistan\u2019s Kahuta nuclear facility, saying that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi did not approve of the attack.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\">He called the decision a \u201cshame,&#8221; saying the mission could have resolved numerous problems.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\">During an interview with ANI, Barlow, a former CIA member who was part of the American intelligence agency as a counterproliferation officer during Pakistan\u2019s clandestine nuclear activities in the 1980s, confirmed that he had heard of the reported plan within intelligence circles but was not directly involved, as he was out of government service during that period.<\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\">\u201cI was out of government from 1982 until 1985. And I think that may have occurred while I was out of government. I heard about it at some point. But I didn\u2019t get my teeth into it because it never happened,&#8221; Barlow said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\">\u201cIt\u2019s a shame that Indira Gandhi didn\u2019t approve it; it would have solved a lot of problems,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p id=\"10\" class=\"story_para_10\">However, he said that any action against Pakistan\u2019s nuclear facility would have infuriated then-US President Ronald Reagan, who would have taken strong action against then-Israeli PM Menachem Begin. \u201cIt would have interfered with the Afghan problem because\u2026 they (Pakistan) were basically using the flow of covert aid to the Mujahideen as blackmail. I think that\u2019s what (Pakistan Army Chief Asim) Munir was saying.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"11\" class=\"story_para_11\"><em>(With inputs from agencies)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shobhit Gupta\" title=\"Shobhit Gupta\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-421898aac7df12606d3395094d8b8840.png?impolicy=website&amp;width=60&amp;height=60\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/shobhit-gupta-28018.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">Shobhit Gupta<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben&#8230;<span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. 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