Nadda Tears Into Opposition Over Past Handling Of Terror Attacks, Hails Operation Sindoor

JP Nadda accuses UPA of appeasement, citing inaction after major terror attacks and contrasting it with Operation Sindoor.

JP Nadda criticises Congress for inaction on terror attacks during UPA regime and 'appeasement' of Pakistan.

Source : PTI

New Delhi, Jul 30 (PTI) Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha J P Nadda on Wednesday tore into the Opposition for its "appeasement" of Pakistan, saying that the Congress-led UPA regime during 2004-14 did not take any action against the neighbouring country despite repeated terror attacks.

Speaking in the Upper House during the 'Special Discussion on India's Strong, Successful and Decisive Operation Sindoor in Response to the Terrorist Attack in Pahalgam', Nadda said those questioning the government on its response post Pahalgam must introspect on what they did after terror attacks when they were in government.

Asserting that the government condemns the Pahalgam terror attack "in one voice", Nadda said, "The Home Minister of our sensitive government was in Kashmir at 5 pm on the day of the attack while the Prime Minister cut short his Saudi Arabia visit".

He further said the political leadership is extremely important as it gives directions to the armed forces.

Nadda said there is a difference between a responsible, sensitive, proactive government and a government which responds according to the need of the hour, and a lukewarm, non-reactive government.

"We will do injustice with this narrative if we look at the Pahalgam terror attack in isolation," the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha said.

Detailing the response of the Congress-led UPA government during 2004-14 to terror attacks carried out at the time, Nadda said that "no action was taken" after Delhi, Varanasi, Mumbai bomb blasts where hundreds were killed and injured, which shows the insensitivity of then government.

Trade, tourism and talks with Pakistan continued despite the terrorist attacks, Nadda said.

"You kept appeasing and never pressured Pakistan despite terrorism," he said in an apparent reference to the Congress-led governments at the time.

Moreover, India and Pakistan agreed on Kashmir-specific confidence-building measures, Nadda said, asserting that "they (Pakistan) kept killing us while we served them Biryani". 

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