NEW DELHI: A day after crossborder firing killed four Army men including a major,
Congress accused Prime Minister
Narendra Modi of lacking a Pakistan policy, saying it was time the
BJP leader told the country why he visited Pakistan two years ago.
Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said ceasefire violations by Pakistan were increasing since the
Modi government came to office and the figure stood at 900 in 2017.
"Repeated border transgressions and firing raise fundamental questions which the PM must answer. What is your government's policy towards Pakistan? For the last three and a half years, all the country has seen are flip-flops. Two years ago you went to Pakistan. Why did you go there and then why did you invite the
ISI to investigate the
Pathankot terror attack when the finger of complicity pointed to the Pakistani establishment. How long will Indian soldiers keep getting martyred in the absence of a policy?" Tewari asked.
He said the Modi government's "cluelessness" on the recalcitrant neighbour was in stark contrast to BJP's belligerence when it was in the opposition. Raising Modi's remarks that former PM
Manmohan Singh was colluding with Pakistan, Tewari said, "During Gujarat elections, you pointed fingers at honourable people who have held top positions in government and accused Pakistan of destabilising the government."
The spokesman said India was getting isolated in the neighbourhood, claiming the new government in Nepal was not inclined towards India while the Chinese influence in
Sri Lanka was getting worrisome and Maldives had signed a free trade agreement with China without informing India.
