NSA meeting 'grand betrayal' by Modi govt: Cong
December 06, 2015 20:54
Congress today termed the secret meeting of National Security Advisors of India and Pakistan in Bangkok as a "grand betrayal" of the Modi government and reflection of "flip-flops" over its Pakistan policy.
"It's a grand betrayal. It's a betrayal of everything that this government has ostensibly, publicly espoused," Congress leader Manish Tewari said.
Asked about the meeting between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his Pakistani counterpart Nasir Janjua in Bangkok, Tewari said this is absolutely "crowning glory" after two sides had engaged in mutual blame game earlier resulting in cancellation of talks.
"If you look at the track record of this government over the past 18 months, their Pakistan policy has been an extravaganza, a summersault, flip-flops and 180-degree U-turns and this is absolutely the crowning glory," he said.
After the verbal calisthenics that one witnessed between the foreign minister and the then NSA of Pakistan Sartaz Aziz, now suddenly without any provocation, without explaining to the country as to what has changed between September, 2015 and December 2015, the government decides to re-engage and that too in Bangkok, he said.
Tewari said if the talks were so essential, government should have explained the rationale behind it and held it either in New Delhi or Islamabad.
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