MADURAI: Taking a tough stance against Pakistan-based terrorist groups, Union home minister P Chidambaram late on Saturday warned that any more
26/11-type terrorist attacks on the country would invite fierce retaliation.
“Our strength to take on terrorism from foreign soil is increasing by the day. I’ve been warning Pakistan not to play any more games. Let Mumbai be the last such game. If they carry out any more attacks on India, they will not only be defeated, but we will also retaliate with the force of a sledgehammer,’’ he told a public meeting in Madurai.
He was addressing Congress workers in Tamil at a public meeting held in connection with the 25th
anniversary of Indira Gandhi’s assassination.
Union home minister P Chidambaram said successive governments had underestimated the Naxalites in the last 12 to 13 years. ‘‘The Naxalites were underestimated by the Congress in the last five years and the BJP before that and now they have spread like poison in many states including Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The Naxals, in their politburo meeting on June 15, had resolved to take over the country’s governance through armed revolution and this is something that cannot be allowed,’’ he said.
‘‘Till my last drop of blood, I’ll not allow armed revolution or terrorism and violence to overwhelm us in India,’’ he said, adding that both NDA and UPA governments at the Centre had ‘‘underestimated’’ the Naxalites.
‘‘As for Pakistani terrorists, they will be dealt with severely if they attempt to meddle with India again,’’ he said. ‘‘But, unlike the Pakistanis, Naxalites are not our enemies, they are our own people, they can fight for their rights, but they should do so through democratic means,’’ said Chidambaram. ‘‘I am not asking them to lay down their arms. But let them keep their arms silent and come with them for talks,’’ he said.
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