Will you hold NSA talks on coffins of innocents: Congress to PM Narendra Modi

New Delhi: The AICC on Monday questioned the utility and wisdom of the Centre going ahead with National Security Advisor-level talks after increasing civilian causalities following cross-border firing from Pakistan. The main Opposition party also deplored PM Modi for raking up domestic politics during his UAE trip.

Maintaining that Modi government’s Pakistan policy “swings like a wild pendulum” and pointing to increasing killings of J&K civilians in Pakistan shellings, AICC spokesman RPN Singh said: “While we stand by any move to normalise relations and deter escalation of violence between India and Pakistan, the Congress wants to ask whether these NSA-level talks would be held on the coffins of these innocent people who are dying due to Pak’s aggression.”

Objecting to the PM taking a jab at the UPA regime during his speech in UAE, AICC spokesman Anand Sharma said: “The compulsive manner in which Modi belittles, from foreign soils, India’s well acknowledged achievements in various fields and insults the contributions of his predecessors only advertises his unhealthy mindset, which is a matter of concern.”