New Delhi: Asserting that Pakistan will be
held responsible if there is a Mumbai-type attack, India today
termed as "very irresponsible" the statement by Prime Minister
Yousuf Raza Gilani that his country cannot guarantee that such
an incident will not recur.
Home Minister P Chidambaram expressed unhappiness over
the way Pakistan has dealt with the evidence provided to it in
connection with Mumbai terror attack and said India continues
to be "vulnerable" as the "level of threat is pretty high".
He rejected Pakistan's effort to make distinction
between state and non-state actors.
"I don't think Pakistan can get away with this charade
of making a distinction between state and non-state...if it
emanates from Pakistan soil," he said.
"I never believe in this distinction between state and
non-state actor as far as Pakistan is concerned and
information that we have recently makes it quite clear that
this so called distinction does not exist. Therefore, if there
is another attack, emanating from Pakistan soil, I think whole
world will hold Pakistan responsible," he told a private news channel.
On Gilani's contention that Islamabad cannot guarantee
that there would be no repeat of 26/11 Mumbai attack, he said,
"Mr Gilani is the prime minister of that country, ordinarily I
should not comment on the prime minister's statement. But with
great respect, that was very irresponsible statement."
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 00:27