Indian opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday asked the union government to explain the role of Pakistan in the latest violence in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) since Islamabad had promised to curb all anti-Indian activities on its soil during the latest bilateral talks held between the two nuclear-armed rivals. | They lied, like they always do. What is there to question? |
"The condition in Kashmir is becoming critical day by day. Now it is evident that terrorists across the border are sponsoring the unrest," said BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad. "The union government of India must explain it," he said, adding that the visit of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram to Pakistan was preceded by the visit of the foreign secretary and on both the occasions Pakistan had given an undertaking that it would not allow anti-Indian activities. "On the contrary these are hostile, violent activities from their soil," he said referring to the IHK situation where army was called in to control violence amid intercepts of phone calls proving that some of the unrest was instigated from across the border, especially by the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT). "What is the outcome of the talks? Militants are openly creating trouble in Kashmir," he said, criticising the government's Pakistan policy. "During the time of Atal Bihari Vajpayee there was dialogue and firm action was also taken when required," he said. "Kashmir is an integral part of India," he added and slammed IHK Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's poor management. "He must learn how to govern," said Prasad.
Earlier, the BJP had said the IHK situation was the result of a policy of "competitive communalism" being pursued by the two major political parties in the state- the opposition PDP and the ruling National Conference. "The tense situation is the result of the politics of 'competitive communalism' being pursued by both the PDP and the National Conference, and due to no timely action being taken by the union government," the BJP leader said. |