Hyderabad, July 18: The BJP today asked the UPA Government to reconsider its stand towards holding dialogue with Islamabad and said the country was “shocked” over the Indo-Pakistan joint statement issued in Egypt.
“The entire country is shocked over the joint statement issued by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani in Egypt saying that terrorism should not be linked to the composite dialogue process,” senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters here.
The “so-called joint statement” was unacceptable to the people of India and it was against their spirit and sentiments, particularly after the Mumbai terror attack, he said.
After 26/11, Singh had categorically stated that there was no question of holding dialogue with Pakistan unless it gives enough proof of taking action against its nationals who masterminded Mumbai attacks, and initiate steps to dismantle the terror infrastructure on its soil, the BJP leader said.
-PTI