Clear-headed response to national security matters absent during UPA alleges Sitharaman
Jammu Nov 23 PTI Amid a row over Congress leader Manish Tewaris views on the UPA dispensations 2611 Mumbai terror attack response Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman claimed the clear-headed response in national security matters adopted during the Narendra Modi government was missing before 2014The Modi government gave the armed forces the fullest right to take appropriate decisions at appropriate times to show to the people of the country how India responds in such situations she saidIn his latest book — 10 Flashpoints 20 years that is set to be released on December 2 — Tewari has criticised the Congress-led UPA government for its response to the 2611 Mumbai attack suggesting India should have taken action against Pakistan since restraint is not a sign of strength remarks that put the opposition party in an awkward situation for the second time this month after Salman Khurshids Hindutva criticismAs a row broke out on Tuesday over Tewaris views that India should have actioned a kinetic response in the days after the November 2008 Mumbai attack the BJP hit out at the Congress and alleged that the UPA-I government put national security at stake by not responding strongly There comes a time when actions must speak louder than words Tewari saidAs many as 166 people were killed in the coordinated attacks carried out by 10 Pakistani terrorists at different places in the countrys commercial capitalSitharaman while replying to a reporters question on Tiwaris book said Decisions of this nature during Prime Minister Narendra Modis time since 2014 have been taken with clear-headed leadership which took the armed forces into confidence and addressed the national security issuesWheather it was Balakot or surgical strikes the government came to assist immediately and gave armed forces fullest right to take an appropriate decision at an appropriate time and the result was to how India responded to such situations she saidThis response towards national security was completely absent during UPA days That is why despite the attack justice has not been ensured Sitharaman saidHitting out at Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar for his reported comments on expenses for Indias defence setup Sitharaman alleged that during the 10 years of UPA rule the government did not do much at all to strengthen defence setup of the countryAs a result that gap is being filled up by us Even this was discussed in debates of parliament as to how the defence ministry under the UPA was in hibernation Today we are spending more to make up for all that she said PTI AB NSD NSD
Jammu Nov 23 PTI Amid a row over Congress leader Manish Tewaris views on the UPA dispensations 2611 Mumbai terror attack response Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman claimed the clear-headed response in national security matters adopted during the Narendra Modi government was missing before 2014The Modi government gave the armed forces the fullest right to take appropriate decisions at appropriate times to show to the people of the country how India responds in such situations she saidIn his latest book — 10 Flashpoints 20 years that is set to be released on December 2 — Tewari has criticised the Congress-led UPA government for its response to the 2611 Mumbai attack suggesting India should have taken action against Pakistan since restraint is not a sign of strength remarks that put the opposition party in an awkward situation for the second time this month after Salman Khurshids Hindutva criticismAs a row broke out on Tuesday over Tewaris views that India should have actioned a kinetic response in the days after the November 2008 Mumbai attack the BJP hit out at the Congress and alleged that the UPA-I government put national security at stake by not responding strongly There comes a time when actions must speak louder than words Tewari saidAs many as 166 people were killed in the coordinated attacks carried out by 10 Pakistani terrorists at different places in the countrys commercial capitalSitharaman while replying to a reporters question on Tiwaris book said Decisions of this nature during Prime Minister Narendra Modis time since 2014 have been taken with clear-headed leadership which took the armed forces into confidence and addressed the national security issuesWheather it was Balakot or surgical strikes the government came to assist immediately and gave armed forces fullest right to take an appropriate decision at an appropriate time and the result was to how India responded to such situations she saidThis response towards national security was completely absent during UPA days That is why despite the attack justice has not been ensured Sitharaman saidHitting out at Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar for his reported comments on expenses for Indias defence setup Sitharaman alleged that during the 10 years of UPA rule the government did not do much at all to strengthen defence setup of the countryAs a result that gap is being filled up by us Even this was discussed in debates of parliament as to how the defence ministry under the UPA was in hibernation Today we are spending more to make up for all that she said PTI AB NSD NSD
