However, the issue has been sorted out after hectic negotiations.
Last month, DAE secretary R K Singh along with other senior officers of the department had a meeting here with the Russian counterparts in which the breakthrough was made.
Things were expedited and the proposal was moved before the Cabinet Committee on Security last month.
The atomic energy department wanted to seek permission of the Election Commission as polls were declared a week later.
“We wanted to play safe and did not want any kind of hurdle as the project has already been delayed for a long time,” the sources said.
“KKNPP 1 and 2 also got commissioned during the Manmohan Singh tenure and the government wanted this agreement to be signed at the earliest,” the sources added.
