Canberra, Nov 21 (ANI): Australian Labour Party member Peter Garrett has said that he is against Prime Minister Julia Gillard's plan to lift a ban on uranium sales to India, and that he will continue to appeal to his Labor mates not to reverse the standing ban.
"I'm bound by the party policy and I'm a loyal team player, but I will argue against selling uranium to India because they haven't signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty," the Herald Sun quoted Garrett, as saying.
Garrett said toeing the party line was the nature of politics, but he would still try to lobby for change behind the scenes.
"It doesn't mean that I won't keep arguing for the things I believe in, so let us wait and see what happens at the national conference,"
"I'm not the only one who feels this way," he added.
Australia has a long-held policy banning uranium exports to countries that have not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty, but Gillard says the 2005 civil agreement with the US paved the way for exports to India. (ANI)
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