In comments which come on the fifth anniversary of the 26/11 strikes in Mumbai, the BJP's deputy leader in Rajya Sabha, Ravi Shankar Prasad, said, "The Government of India must understand that it owes it to the people of the country to get all the conspirators and planners (of 26/11) punished.
Flaying India's response to the "gross inaction" by Pakistan against the terrorist masterminds of the attack, Prasad said, "Home Minister (Sushilkumar) Shinde's statement in the light of all this is grossly indifferent. Foreign Minister (Salman) Khurshid also makes routine pro forma noise. The strategy of the UPA government has been full of flip- flops."
"We are suffering the consequence of this ill-conceived approach," Prasad said.
Despite several alleged 26/11 conspirators having been arrested in Pakistan, the government in the neighbouring country has ensured that their trial is "completely frustrated", charged Prasad.
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Prasad also expressed surprise at Pakistan's inaction against Lashkar-e-Toiba founder Hafiz Saeed, also an alleged 26/11 mastermind.
Prasad further claimed that the "diplomatic victory" which was the January 4, 2004, agreement between the then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee and former Pakistan President President Musharraf, "was completely ignored and there was shame in Sharm-el Sheikh when Manmohan Singh said that action against terrorism will not be linked to dialogue".