New Delhi, Mar 26 : National Security Adviser MK Narayanan today said that the absence of political consensus on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal in the country is a major handicap and this needs to be resolved as soon as possible.
He said due to this impasse the deal has been put on hold for the present. He was delivering the 25th Air Marshal P C Lal Memorial lecture in New Delhi.
Narayanan said that IAEA safeguard agreement and exemptions from nuclear supplier group are tied up.