Terrorism incidents rise when BJP is in power: Congress

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) immediately put the ball in Pakistan’s courtroom and stated the longer term plan of action can be determined after Islamabad’s response to actionable intelligence supplied with regard to the attack.

The main opposition party asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not describe as “Pakistanis” the terrorists who attacked the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot. “Also, will the Prime Minister and the government explain as to who is responsible for grave security lapse as terrorists managed to reach the Pathankot airbase despite advance intelligence alert and reporting of prior incident?” he said.

“We sincerely hope the two countries, as China’s neighbors and friends, can settle the relevant issues calmly through dialogue and cooperation, and sustain the momentum of improving ties for regional peace and stability”, Hua said.

Stating that the Indian government’s Pakistan policy was clear and consistent, Swarup said India wanted friendly relations with all its neighbours, including Pakistan.

Slamming the Prime Minister for making an unscheduled visit to Pakistan to meet his counterpart Nawaz Sharif, Shinde said, “He abruptly visited Pakistan”.

“We would like to have solid information to build a case for action otherwise courts intervene and the suspects are bailed out”, he said.

In a question regarding Foreign Secretary level talks between India and Pakistan, he said January 15 is still seven days ahead and that a lot can change by then.

India’s security establishment has blamed the attack on militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad, alleged to have been behind an assault on the country’s parliament in 2001 that nearly brought the two countries to war for a fourth time.

The conspiracy behind the terrorist attack on Pathankot’s air base was hatched in Markaj, Pakistan, as per excessive-degree official sources.

He however, added that, “this does not mean that India will tolerate cross-border terror”.

“And that is why the National Security Advisors met in Bangkok and they discussed all issues connected to terror”, he said. He questioned why the BJP government was not taking any “decisive action” against the perpetrators of the Pathankot terror attack.