Group of Ministers meeting held at Rajnath's residence today

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar attended a meeting at the official residence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday. Earlier, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had said that the usage of nuclear weapons in future will be on circumstantial basis.

New Delhi: A Group of Ministers (GOM) meeting was held at the official residence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Union Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar attended the meeting.

Earlier on Friday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had said that India follows 'no first use' police regarding nuclear weapons but said what would happen in future will depend on "circumstances".

"On the question of nuclear policy, till today, we have a policy of no-use. What happens in future, will depend on circumstances," he told media after paying homage to late prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the site where the country conducted its second nuclear tests during the regime of the NDA government in 1998.