Hyderabad blasts: ‘Routine’ statements not enough, says Swaraj

Last Updated: Friday, February 22, 2013, 14:46

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New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj slammed Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Friday and termed his statement on the Hyderabad blasts as ‘routine’.

“Routine statements are not enough,” said Swaraj. Cornering the government in view of reports that the Centre had prior intelligence on the possibility of a terror strike, she said, ‘The Centre's role doesn't end after warning states about terror threats. If the Centre had information, then why did it not do anything to prevent the blasts?”

She said that the time is not to play blame games but to stand united.

Earlier in the day, she said, ''We can be united only when our thoughts in fighting terror are similar. The Home Minister himself is saying that he gave the information. But, if there was information, the blame doubles. If there was information, what was the Centre, the state doing?''

''The nation needs to be united; the political parties need to get united. The moment that happens, we will be capable of fighting terror," Swaraj said in the Lok Sabha.

Asserting that terrorists have no religion, Sushma said: "Terrorists only follow the code of terrorism. We need to be united against terrorism."

She further said that this is not the moment to lay blame, but to work together to combat terrorism.

Both houses of the house witnessed pandemonium today with the Opposition demanding answers from the government on the issue.

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First Published: Friday, February 22, 2013, 11:39

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Bobby - Dubai
May I know what would have Sushma done if she was the Prime minister and she got the information that there are going to be blasts. How in the world do you control this kind of terror attacks where a person places explosives on a cycle and leaves in a crowded place. People like Sushma can only try to get political mileage and are good for nothing else. Never ever let these people rule.

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ranjit - Bangalore
Hats off to you Mr Bobby you have hit the bulls eye. All B J P can do is play politics even when so many people have died instead of being constructive they go on pointing fingers shame on them

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Elias Justin D'Souza - Duabi (UAE)
It becomes customary in India to blame the government whatever it does or whatever happens in India.I want to ask Mrs. Sussmaji ``were not such incident hapenned during your reign?`` then stop blaming and join the government to curb the terror.If you come to power would you promise the nation that there will be no such incident take place, then you can speak.