Whenever BJP comes to power, terror attacks increase: Congress leader Sushil Kumar Shinde:

NEW DELHI: Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government of not being able to manage relations with Pakistan in a proper manner, the Congress party on Wednesday said that terrorist activities in the country had risen whenever BJP came to power at the Centre.

“In 1999, when the Indian Airlines plane was hijacked, we had released terrorists from our jails. Masood Azhar was one of them. This has emboldened the terrorist organisations like JeM, they now think that India is weak,” former home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said at a press conference here.

“Several incidents took place after that, whether it is the Red Fort, attack on J&K assembly or attack on Parliament. Whenever the BJP comes to power, the terror activities increase,” he added.

Shinde also pointed out that the government had failed to handle Pathankot attack in swift and effective manner.
“When they had intelligence inputs beforehand, they should have cordoned off the airbase,” he said.
He also recalled Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scathing remarks against the UPA government during the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack, saying that the Congress had refrained from making such statements.

Slamming the Prime Minister for making an unscheduled visit to Pakistan to meet his counterpart Nawaz Sharif, Shinde said, “He abruptly visited Pakistan. Held talks there but never told the nation about the discussions he had.”

He welcomed good relations with Pakistan but said that it should come at the cost of India’s security.

PTI