UPA govt has failed completely: Rajnath

August 22, 2013 22:58

In the wake of tensions along LoC, BJP National President Rajnath Singh today alleged that the Congress-led UPA government has "failed completely" on both the internal and external security fronts.

"The Centre has not only failed miserably on the economic front but has also turned out to be a complete failure on internal and external security front as well," Rajnath told reporters here in reply to a question regarding repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops, during a book release programme in Lucknow.

He said that after the Mumbai terror attack and the recent incident of beheading of Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops, the Centre failed to give a befitting reply which it must have given to the neighbouring country.

"If a tough stand would have been taken at the time of these incidents and the UPA government would have warned to stop any dialogue until and unless all terror camps operating on Pakistani soil were destroyed, then Pakistan may have not dared," Rajnath said.

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