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India and the United States on Monday reinforced pressure on Pakistan to act against those responsible for the Mumbai attacks, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi had accused the opposition party of Congress has politicized national security issues on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the carnage that killed 166 people, including 28 foreigners.
As India mourned those killed 10 years ago and celebrated the courage of members of the security forces who were fighting terrorists in Mumbai, Modi's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government called on Pakistan to give up its "double standards" and bring those responsible to justice.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also urged Pakistan to act against those responsible for the attacks. The United States also offered a new $ 5 million reward for information on anyone responsible for the terrorist attack on India's financial center.
A strong statement from the Foreign Ministry said that "26/11 planners were still wandering the streets of Pakistan with impunity" and that the attacks were "planned, executed and launched from Pakistani territory".
The statement also quoted former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as saying in an interview earlier this year that "terrorists were sent from Pakistan".
Read- "Abandon double standards": India orders Pakistan to act against the perpetrators of 26/11 attacks
At electoral rallies in Rajasthan, Modi said that Congress had used the 26/11 attacks for political ends, adding that the party was in power in both the Center and Maharashtra, when Pakistani terrorists armed with guns Assault and grenades, have filed three seat of the city beginning November 26.
"At the time, they (the ruling party) were in the habit of saying: it's a war that Pakistan has waged against India … and the issue of terrorism should not be politicized, "Modi told Bhilwara. "The incident shook the world and Congress was using it to play winning elections."
His remarks provoked strong reactions from the Congress, which condemned and rejected "the absolute lie".
Modi claimed that the same Congress, which once preached the message of patriotism, called into question the Indian surgical strikes on Pakistani soil under the NDA regime and asked for video evidence. "Does a soldier come to the battlefield with a camera?" Demi asked.
In September 2016, the Indian Army announced that it was attacking terrorist camps along the line of control using land forces and inflicting "considerable losses" on terrorists in retaliation for a terrorist attack. deadly attack on a military base in Jammu and Kashmir on 18 September year.
Later in the day, the Congress launched a fierce counterattack against the Prime Minister at a time when Indian politics took fire during the ongoing campaign for the election of five states and before the 2019 elections in Lok Sabha. .
"The truth is that the Modi government has compromised our national security for four and a half years. The absence of action and policy has resulted in a disturbing border and an alarming situation in matters of internal security, "Congress spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala said in a statement.
"Today, at a public rally in Bhilwara, Rajasthan, Prime Minister Modi dropped the story and said that he had never played the game. role of national security policy, "he added, claiming that the Prime Minister and the ruling party, Bharatiya Janata" The blood and sacrifice of our jawans as a tool to collect votes ".
Manmohan Singh, senior congressional and former prime minister, said, "Our dear citizens have been lost as a result of acts of serious terror. I can only hope that healthier elements will prevail in India and Pakistan. Terror, he says, is useless.
At his rallies on Monday, Modi also said that India would never forget the attacks of 26/11 (26 November 2008) nor their perpetrators. "We are looking for an opportunity … the law will run its course, I guarantee the citizens of the country."
India praised the statement of the United States calling on Pakistan to respect its obligations to the United Nations Security Council to apply sanctions against the terrorists responsible for the Mumbai attacks.
Pompeo, in a statement, expressed solidarity with India and said that "the barbarity of 26/11 shocked the world." He noted that six US citizens were among the dead.
"It's an affront to the families of the victims that after 10 years, those who planned the Mumbai attack were not convicted for their involvement," he said. .
Pompeo said the State Department's Rewards for Justice program offered a new $ 5 million reward for information to stop or convict anyone involved in planning or facilitating such attacks. This is the third premium of this type offered by the United States after the State Department announced $ 10 million in rewards for the founder of LeT (Lashkar-e-Taiba), Hafiz Saeed, and 2 millions of dollars for Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki, one of the main leaders of the terrorist group.
The Trump administration suspended Pakistan's $ 1.66 billion security package for failing to take decisive action against terrorists operating in its territory and launched an initiative that placed Pakistan on list of Financial Action Task Force teams.
First published: Nov 27, 2018 00:56 IST
