Stop 'running' to US: Arun Shourie

New Delhi, Dec 11: Pledging support for a full-scale war against terror, Opposition BJP on Thursday said the Government must stop "running" to Washington hoping that the US would come to its rescue in tackling Pakistan-backed terrorism.
"Please stop running to mummy (US)" hoping that somebody else will help the country to tackle terrorism, senior BJP leader Arun Shourie said initiating a discussion in the Rajya Sabha on the recent terror attacks in Mumbai. He said the government keeps pinning its hopes on US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice coming here to resolve the country's problems with regard to terrorism. Asking the government to stop the peace process with Pakistan, he said "your intelligence record shows that ISI is now knitting together Indian insurgent groups". Observing that China was propping up Pakistan, Shourie said Islamabad was supporting terrorism and at the same time putting the onus of the peace process on New Delhi. Advising the government to come out of the "self-denial" mode, he said four days before the Mumbai terror strikes, former Home Minister Shivraj Patil was taking consolation in the figures showing comparison of terrorist attacks during the NDA and the UPA governments. Referring to coastal security, he said barring one, none of the remaining 35 islands in Lakshadsweep was properly staffed by intelligence agencies. Noting that the country remained vulnerable because terrorist groups backed by the neighbouring country use high technology like voice over internet protocol, he warned that in the next five years the terrorists would use non-conventional weapons like chemical and nuclear arms in miniature forms. Bureau Report
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There is no denying the fact that Muslims have by and large condemned the attacks in Mumbai. Muslims in India must now begin an Indian revolution by cutting themselves away from Arabic culture. It must be understood that Islam does not mean Arabic culture. Indian Muslims must adopt Indian culture and take the Parsees as an example. -K.Venugopal - Mumbai