Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to break his silence on the government’s response to the terror attack on an army base in Jammu and Kashmir when he speaks at a public rally in the Kerala town on Saturday. Immediately after the Uri attack, the PM had in a tweet vowed not to let the perpetrators go “unpunished”. Many other ministers and BJP functionaries talked tough, with home minister Rajnath Singh terming Pakistan a “terrorist state”. But the government has refrained from directly blaming Pakistan for Sunday’s attack, even as there is growing clamour in the country for giving a befitting response. At the same time, Shah cautioned the party office-bearers that as the ruling party, the BJP has to “behave responsibly”.

Source: Hindustan Times September 23, 2016 17:03 UTC