By IANS,
New Delhi : The Congress Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of politicising the terror attack in Pune by demanding that talks with Pakistan be called off and said such a step would be considered only if there is concrete evidence of the involvement of Pakistani elements.
“BJP is trying to derive political mileage from misery of people because investigating agencies are yet to identify who were the forces behind the blast,” Congress spokesman Shakeel Ahmed told IANS.
Replying to queries about BJP’s demand that bilateral talks with Pakistan be called off in the wake of the Pune terror strike, Ahmed said: “If there is any concrete evidence of involvement of elements or government agencies in Pakistan (in the blast), the government may consider it (calling off talks),” he said.
He said that the government had decided to go for talks “in its wisdom and had to decide the pros and cons”.
Ahmed said it was premature to talk of cancelling the bilateral talks unless investigative agencies point to evidence against the perpetrators of the blast.
The BJP had Sunday demanded that the Feb 25 foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan be called off, saying that “terror and talks cannot co-exist”.
Nine people were killed Saturday evening in a bombing at Pune’s German Bakery, which was frequented by foreigners.