In May 1998, India conducted the Pokhran II nuclear tests under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Soon after, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram rose in Parliament to oppose nuclear weaponisation, calling it morally wrong and inconsistent with India’s long standing vision of a nuclear weapon free world. He questioned the strategic necessity and the justification given by the government, especially regarding external threats. A rare moment that captures how sharply divided India’s political

Pokhran-II was a set of five nuclear test explosions conducted by India at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range in May 1998. Known as Operation Shakti, it was the second set of nuclear tests carried out by India. Know more about it! | Unacademy