Manmohan Singh Criticized After PM Gilani Moot
Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 6:22 pm
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is under fire by media, politicians and analysts after his tete-e-tete with his Pakistani counterpart.
The focal point of Manmohan criticism relates to the point in joint statement which said the terror incidents should not be allowed to affect the peace process.
The Indian media, politicians and analysts said this viewpoint is absolutely in conflict with the line adopted in the wake of Mumbai Attacks.
Several of Indian former diplomats said the Indian standpoint has been compromised in the joint declaration; this a diplomatic failure of the government, which government should accepted.
The BJP staged a walkout in the Lok Sabha on Friday led by Leader of Opposition L K Advani, who registered a strong protest against PM Manmohan Singh “conceding” ground to Pakistan on the issue of cross-border terror.
Advani asked the PM what had led the government to delink terror talks from the composite dialogue and why the government had chosen to reverse the stand it had taken after the Mumbai attacks. The party accused the government of “surrendering before Pakistan”.
On Balochistan finding mention in the joint statement, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley told reporters, “Allowing Pakistan to refer to Balochistan in the joint statement is allowing a perennial source of harassment for India and it gives Pakistan an opportunity to level the bizarre charge that Indian agencies also use terror.”
The BJP slammed the government over the outcome of the meeting between the PM and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani. It said the joint statement between the two countries had “reversed India’s long-standing policy on terror”.
As the party forced the PM to clarify whether he had agreed to delink terror from the composite dialogue, the PM’s statement in the LS seemed to have left Opposition benches “disappointed ” as it confirmed their fears, and prompted them to register a protest immediately.
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