New Delhi, Aug. 23 :     The BJP is likely to avoid a discussion on the signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in its Nagpur national council, which meets on Saturday. Its political resolution is unlikely to mention the CTBT issue, even though the council meets on the eve of Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee's US visit during which he may be expected to give some assurance on signing the treaty. The resolution has been described as a 'hold-all' document which will enunciate the BJP's stand on all contemporary issues, barring the signing of the CTBT. BJP sources said the reason why the leadership was avoiding even a mention of CTBT was that there was no consensus within the party. Ironically, every time the US brings up the question of ratifying the treaty, Vajpayee takes the plea of 'evolving a consensus' across the political spectrum before committing himself to it. The differences within the BJP surfaced last week, when a group of MPs led by T.N. Chaturvedi met foreign minister Jaswant Singh and demanded an assurance on whether Vajpayee would sign the CTBT or not during his US trip. Earlier, in a parliamentary party meeting, Delhi MP V.K. Malhotra, made a similar demand. The MPs who met Singh urged him not to give any commitment to the US until the Senate approved the treaty. They also stressed that the CTBT 'discriminated' against the nuclear have-nots while allowing the nuclear powers to retain their arsenal. BJP sources claimed the foreign minister did not give a 'categorical' assurance either way. He argued that in view of the 'changed' situation, after Pokhran-II, the Centre had kept its options open, and if signing the CTBT led to Japan and other countries lifting the sanctions imposed against India, there was 'no harm'. 'If India was the net beneficiary, there was no harm in signing CTBT, and that international relations worked on the give-and-take principle and was not a one-way traffic,' said an MP. Sources said the MPs were 'unconvinced' by Singh's arguments and sought another meeting, which will not materialise before the Nagpur session. The BJP had not taken a position on CTBT when it was in the Opposition even as it had all along clamoured for the bomb and fulfilled its agenda through Pokhran-II. But with the PM beaming pro-CTBT signals, BJP sources were apprehensive that they may have to lump the treaty ratification in the same way as economic reforms.