New Delhi: BJP on Tuesday tried to put the
government on the back foot once again on Indo-Pak joint
statement asking it to clarify its stand on the issue in wake
of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s comments on possible terror
strikes by Pakistan.
"Yesterday at the Chief Minister`s conference, the Prime
Minister said that Pakistani terrorists may strike again.
"What is their stand now on the joint statement that
Manmohan Singh made with the Pakistani Prime Minister where he
talked about delinking of action against terror from the
composite dialogue," BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu told
reporters here.
Claiming that the government seems to toeing the line of
"Pakistan may strike again, we may talk again", Naidu said
"does the statement mean anything now? Is the government
willing to accept that it had committed a mistake. We now want
to know about Government`s response on the issue."
Accusing the UPA government of politicising the national
security issues, he said, "When the Government could accept
Maharashtra`s MCOCA (anti-terror act), what is the problem
with GUJCO (Gujarat`s proposed anti-terror law) except that
Maharashtra has a Congress government and Gujarat is a
BJP-ruled state."
On the alleged corruption charges against Assam Governor
Syed Sibtey Razi, Naidu said, "Razi should immediately step
down and the Prime Minister should take steps to see that he
resigns immediately."
Bureau Report
