New Delhi: While elections in Pakistan went off on a largely peaceful note, India raised an alarm over the likelihood of Pakistan's nuclear assets falling into the hands of jihadi elements.
At a function organised in the Capital on Monday, Prime Minister's Special Envoy Shyam Saran said India was seeking a "different approach" based on to deal with such a situation.
"The nature of the dangers which nuclear weapons pose has dramatically intensified with the growing risk that such weapons may be acquired by terrorists or jihadi groups who could threaten to use, or worse, even utilise such weapons to carry out attacks against targets which may be located anywhere in the world," Saran was quoted as saying by news agencies.
Saran was delivering a lecture on 'India and the Nuclear Domain' organised by Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses and said the danger posed by proliferation of nuclear weapons to non-state actors was a grave threat.
Saran also hinted at a Government plan to overcome Left objections to the nuclear deal.
He said that America's help was crucial for India to not only get the nuclear deal through the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) but also to facilitate nuclear business with France and Russia.
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