Kolkata, April 14: The BJP today demanded that instead of carrying on ‘cricket diplomacy’, the UPA government should exert appropriate diplomatic pressure on Pakistan forcing it to initiate steps against those accountable for their role in the Mumbai terror attack.
“India should immediately take up with Pakistan claims made by Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai attack case, that he had acted at the behest of Pakistan government and ISI and not terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba,” BJP national spokesperson Tarun Vijay said here today.
Simultaneously, the UPA government should also mount pressure on Pakistan to give up POK (Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir), Vijay said.
Rana, the Pakistani-Canadian accused in the Mumbai terror case, has claimed in court documents that his “alleged illegal acts of providing material support to terrorists — were done at the behest of the Pakistani government and the ISI, not the Lashkar terrorist organisation.
-Agencies