Then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had resisted calls to retaliate against Pakistan after the 26/11 attacks, "but his restraint had cost him politically," and Singh had expressed fears to US President Barack Obama the rising anti-Muslim sentiment had strengthened the BJP. Obama has said this in his memoir while recalling his conversation with Singh during his visit to India in December 2010. And it's not so hard for politicians to exploit that, in India or anywhere else," Obama wrote about the conversation. After the successful raid killing Osama bin Laden, he was pleasantly surprised to have a much less hostile phone conversation with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari. He showed genuine emotion, recalling how his wife, Benazir Bhutto, had been killed by extremists with reported ties to al-Qaeda," Obama wrote.

Source: dna November 17, 2020 06:22 UTC