“Within 14 days of the Mumbai attack, we got China to agree to declare (LeT chief) Hafiz Saeed as a global terrorist. The UPA ensured that a $10 million bounty was placed on the head of the Mumbai attack perpetrator and the founder of Pakistan-based LeT by America,” he added. In a counter-charge, Singh said that when his government suggested a coastal security mechanism via the National Counter Terrorism Centre, it was then Gujarat chief minister Modi who opposed the idea. Neither Mrs Gandhi nor her predecessor took away the credit of our armed forces” in the 1971 or 1965 wars with Pakistan, Singh said. There is talk of a road show in Delhi too for the former Prime Minister, but Singh rules out being part of government if the Congress wins and if Rahul Gandhi becomes Prime Minister.

Source: Hindustan Times May 02, 2019 02:15 UTC