Live Updates: Lawyer behind 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana's US extradition to lead prosecution in India

Modi govt adopted zero tolerance policy against terrorism and terrorists as soon as it came to power: BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqv

 BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on extradition of Mumbai terror attack case accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana to India from the US, says, "The Modi government adopted zero tolerance policy against terrorism and terrorists as soon as it came to power. Terrorism and separatism are breathing their last in the country due to this policy. Today, the country is free from the terror of terrorism. To bring back Tahawwur Rana

is a very big victory for India. You must recall how (Ottavio) Quattrocchi was not only provided safe passage but also given a clean chit. Similarly, Bhopal gas leak incident accused was made to run away from the country. However, situation has changed now."

"This is PM Modi's resolve to bring them to justice," Piyush Goyal on extradition of Tahawwur Rana

As the extradition of terror accused Tahawwur Rana nears, Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday lashed out at the Congress for "not doing anything" to punish those involved in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, which killed 166 people.

It's a good thing: Ex-home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Tahawwur Rana's extradition

Senior Congress leader and former Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde and the other opposition parties on Thursday welcomed the extradition of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks case accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana."It's a good thing," Shinde told reporters in Ahmedabad, where he attended the AICC session.

Shinde was the Union home minister in the Congress-led UPA government in 2012 when Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive from the Pakistani group that carried out the terror attack, was hanged to death in Pune's Yerawada Jail. (PTI)