Masood Azhar case shows govt's failed policy of tackling terror: Congress
New Delhi: After the Pakistani JIT issue, Congress on Friday latched on to the unilateral blockade imposed by China to put JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar in al Qaeda sanctions committee of UN as yet another instance of the Modi government's "failed" policy of tackling terror.
"The blockade imposed by China at the instance of Pak has again brought out the failed policy of Modi government vis-a-vis tackling terror and ensuring international sanction against anti-India terrorist outfits or organisations as also individuals," party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi told reporters.
Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said the "conspiratorial moves" demonstrate the "futility and also the mere optic value without any real ground achievement of the "jhoola event" at Gujarat during the visit of Chinese
President and the "impromptu and unplanned visit" for marriage reception in the family of Pakistan prime minister recently.
Besides, he said the denial of India's plea to characterise JEM and its chief Azhar as a terrorist or banned organisation and the failure to put him in the category of other terrorists organisations of al Qaeda, ISIS etc is particularly offensive since there is "overwhelming evidence" to link Maulana Masood Azhar to Pathankot terror attack.
Claiming that the entire Indian security establishment is stunned by this "huge setback", Singhvi said this is "proof of a failed government policy" on this issue, of "clumsy flip flops" of the government and the ruling party and as a negation of all the incremental accretions achieved by previous governments.
"Pakistan's reluctance to take any punitive action against Maulana Masood Azhar and JEM for several years demonstrates the complicity of the Pakistani establishment in protecting terrorists like Masood Azhar, Abdul Rauf, Kashif Jaan, Zakiur- ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Dawood Ibrahim as also organisations like JeM, LeT, Al Qaeda etc.," he said.
He lamented that on the other hand, the ISI parades K Jadhav as a certified Indian terrorist. "This strange reversal of roles has been achieved by a blundering government lacking all consistency, coherence and continuity in foreign policy which is instead marked by suo motu, knee jerk, impulsive and momentary actions and reactions, obtaining no lasting benefit for India."
"India's worst fears have come true because the Pakistani investigating team has, obediently and dutifully, done their masters bidding by giving a clean chit to Pakistan, JEM, ISI and all other well-known actors," he added.
