Is government changing nuclear policy, asks Congress

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday said it stands behind the government on the issue of defence but asked it to make it clear if it was changing the decades-old nuclear policy.

"Every citizen stands (together) as far as defence and sovereignty is concerned and in particular where the nuclear policy and nuclear use are concerned," Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi told reporters here.

He asked if by his "ambiguous statement", Defence Minister Rajnath Singh intended to keep the people guessing or announce a change in the nuclear policy.

"Then the country will be happy to know what the new policy is, not in ambiguous and not in half phrase frame but in a full one paragraph detailed policy," he said.