By IANS,
New Delhi : The government’s policies on dealing with Pakistan on the issue of terrorism lacked clarity, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said here Monday.
“This government’s stand has not been clear on dealing with Pakistan on the issue of terrorism. We need to have a clear and tough policy in dealing with this issue,” BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told IANS.
Naqvi was reacting to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement Monday that said the government had credible information about terror groups in Pakistan planning fresh attacks against India.
“Coming to specific challenges, cross-border terrorism remains a most pervasive threat. We have put in place additional measures after the Mumbai terrorist attack in November last year. But there is need for continued vigilance,” Manmohan Singh said at a chief ministers’ meeting on internal security.
“There is credible information of ongoing plans of terrorist groups in Pakistan to carry out fresh attacks. The area of operation of these terrorists today extends far beyond the confines of Jammu and Kashmir and covers all parts of our country,” the prime minister added.
Naqvi said his party favoured good relations with Pakistan but not at the cost of India’s security.
Targetting the prime minister for the India-Pakistan joint declaration at Sharm el-Sheikh in July, BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said: “If Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says what he means (at the chief ministers’ conference), then a serious question arises over the entire joint declaration”.