LoC controversy: NSA meets Sushma, Jaitley

January 15, 2013 10:41

National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon on Tuesday met opposition leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj on the situation at the Line of Control.

On Monday, after the BJP sharply criticised the government's policy on Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had called up the two senior leaders and discussed the issue.

Jaitley has appealed to Dr Singh to immediately review New Delhi's level of engagement with Islamabad.

During their conversation, the PM assured the two leaders that the Opposition would be kept in loop over the situation.

Dr Singh is also said to have assured them that nothing is being done which could not be communicated to the Leaders of Opposition in Parliament. The PM reportedly also appealed to them that the issue should not be politicised.

Swaraj had said on Monday that if India could not recover the head of Lance Naik Hemraj Singh, it should at least bring back 10 Pakistani heads.

"The incident that has happened, we should take revenge. Today, the country is demanding that we should not be proved a weak government. If we don't get this (Lance Naik Hemraj Singh's) head, we should get 10 of theirs (Pakistan army's)," she said.

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