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Pathankot attack Government has grave security lapse: Congress

Wed 06 Jan 2016, 16:41:46

This Government has no system in place to protect the nation,” former Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde added. ‘Scaling up the offensive against The government this Government has totally failed, the Congress on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fix responsiblity for the “grave security lapse” and suggested that some heads must roll. the government over Pathankot terror attack, ICC Communication Department chairman Randeep Surjewala also said that the Prime Minister should fix the responsibility and take action against the Home and Defence Ministers. “First responsibility is of the Prime Minister as he is the head of the government. Then Defence Minister and Home Minister are also responsible as they deal with the matter. The party asked whether the Prime Minister and the BJP government would explain as to who was responsible for the “grave security lapse” as terrorists managed to reach Pathankot Air Base despite advance intelligence alert and reporting of prior incident. Accusing the government of having “totally failed” on the security front, the Congress leaders played out video clips of Modi favouring a tough approach to deal with Pakistan and slamming UPA government’s handling of Pakistan affairs before the Lok Sabha polls. Wondering why the NDA goverment is “soft on Pakistan” over the Pathankot attack, the Congress leaders asked why the BJP government led by Modi was “shying away” from calling the Pathankot Air Base attackers as “Pakistani terrorists”, more so when they were loaded with fire arms, explosives, clothes, shoes and logistic support from Pakistan with “handlers located in Pakistan” as reflected by telephone transcripts. Surjewala and Shinde also wondered why the Modi government has not lodged a formal protest till date with Pakistan government, summoned their High Commissioner and taken a decision to place the matter before international fora, so as to “expose and isolate Pakistan” as a state that is “abetting and permitting its soil to be used for anti-India terror activities

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