Congress leader Manish Tewari took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the latter citing excerpts from his book alleged that the UPA government put India’s national security at stake by not responding strongly after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.
In a tweet, Tewari said that he is “rather amused” at BJP’s reaction to one excerpt from a 304 Page book that tries to dissect responses to national security situations that impacted India.
“I wonder would they react similarly to some hard analysis about their handling of the National Security Remit also,” he asked.
Why has he not talked about it that time: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Tewari in his latest book ‘10 Flashpoints: 20 years’ has criticised the UPA government for its response to the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes, saying restraint is not a sign of strength and that India should have taken kinetic action following the attack.
Tewari’s perspective stirred a major row with his colleague Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury saying that he should be focusing more on China that has captured many areas in Ladakh and built villages in Arunachal Pradesh.
“He is regaining consciousness now. Why has he not talked about it that time,” asked Adhir.
Tewari, a member of the ‘Group of 23’ leaders who had written to Sonia Gandhi seeking organisational overhaul and elections for every post in the Congress party, that there comes a time when actions must speak louder than words and called 26/11 one such time when India should have taken action against the perpetrators.
‘UPA govt should have actioned kinetic response following 26/11’
“It, therefore, is my considered opinion that India should have actioned a kinetic response in the days following India’s 9/11,” he said.
This explosive revelation from the former Minister of Information and Broadcasting comes after Salman Khurshid in his book ‘Sunrise over Ayodhya: Nationhood in our times’ compared Hindutva to radical jihadist groups like the ISIS and Boko Haram inviting a stinging response from the BJP and few members from his own party.
