Agni won't be consigned to flames: PM The Times of India News Service 05 March 1997 Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda indicated in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that the government would not give up the development of the intermediate range Agni missile programme.

Agni won't be consigned to flames: PM The Times of India News Service 05 March 1997 NEW DELHI: Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda indicated in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that the government would not give up the development of the intermediate range Agni missile programme. ``We will give full support to the scientists working on this programme,'' Mr Gowda said, replying to a discussion on the motion of thanks to the President's address. Mr Gowda said his government could take a tough stand on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) because it had got the cooperation of the House. ``It was the achievement of the House,'' he added.