Local Link in Mumbai Attacks: Congress

Monday, February 16, 2009 at 10:34 am

Local Link in Mumbai Attacks: Congress NEW DELHI: The ruling Congress Party and Mumbai Police have also confessed local link in the Mumbai strikes after Indian opposition party’s leader Narendra Modi remarked that there was a local link involved in the execution of 26/11 attacks.

BJP leader Narendra Modi has severely criticized Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on his words about local link in Mumbai terror strikes.

In his rejoinder Modi said when he had remarked that such attacks cannot take place without the support of local elements than he was severely attacked by the government and was accused of links with Pakistan. Now the government itself admits local links in the attacks which highlight failure of the government in national security.

Mumbai Police Commissioner Hassan Ghafoor has also indicated a home link in the attacks.