The world came far, far closer to it during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis than imagined, indeed even known, by the two sides. Nuclear deterrence does not, cannot work reliably. It legitimises the possession and threat of use of nuclear weapons. It must be rejected. The fourth premise is universal nuclear disarmament.
True security lies only in a nuclear weapon-free world.
They have also tried to impose unequal treaties upon others. This wont do. The Nuclear Club is a group of hypocrites. India has now put in its application for joining this club, albeit as a junior member. The fifth premise is that the present Government's policy represents a radical, dangerous and unacceptable break with all the sane and sensible components of India's past nuclear doctrines, including opposition to deterrence.