<p>New Delhi: Accusing the Congress of “appeasement” towards Pakistan, Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha J P Nadda on Wednesday alleged that the Congress-led UPA regime from 2004 to 2014 did not take any action against the neighbouring country despite repeated terror attacks.</p><p>Speaking in the Upper House during the “Special Discussion on India’s Strong, Successful, and Decisive Operation Sindoor in Response to the Terrorist Attack in Pahalgam”, Nadda said those questioning the government on its response post Pahalgam must introspect on what they did after terror attacks when they were in government.</p><p>Launching a sharp attack on the Congress, he said those responsible for the creation of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) were now showing the audacity to question the government’s response to the Pahalgam terror attack.</p>.Why did you name it 'Operation Sindoor' when women lost their sindoor, asks Jaya Bachchan.<p>The Congress failed to grasp that even holding the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance reflected political will, said Nadda, adding that when Congress-led governments were in power, “no city was free from bomb blasts”.</p><p>Detailing the UPA government’s response to terror attacks carried out at the time, Nadda said “no action was taken” after the Delhi, Varanasi, and Mumbai bomb blasts, where hundreds were killed and many more were injured, which showed the regime’s insensitivity.</p><p>The then governments kept engaging in confidence-building measures with Islamabad, said Nadda, claiming: “While they kept shooting at us, we kept serving them biryani.”</p><p>Comparing the responses, he, “The army was the same, but there was no political will (under the Congress regime)”. He said political leadership was extremely important as it gave directions to the armed forces.</p>
<p>New Delhi: Accusing the Congress of “appeasement” towards Pakistan, Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha J P Nadda on Wednesday alleged that the Congress-led UPA regime from 2004 to 2014 did not take any action against the neighbouring country despite repeated terror attacks.</p><p>Speaking in the Upper House during the “Special Discussion on India’s Strong, Successful, and Decisive Operation Sindoor in Response to the Terrorist Attack in Pahalgam”, Nadda said those questioning the government on its response post Pahalgam must introspect on what they did after terror attacks when they were in government.</p><p>Launching a sharp attack on the Congress, he said those responsible for the creation of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) were now showing the audacity to question the government’s response to the Pahalgam terror attack.</p>.Why did you name it 'Operation Sindoor' when women lost their sindoor, asks Jaya Bachchan.<p>The Congress failed to grasp that even holding the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance reflected political will, said Nadda, adding that when Congress-led governments were in power, “no city was free from bomb blasts”.</p><p>Detailing the UPA government’s response to terror attacks carried out at the time, Nadda said “no action was taken” after the Delhi, Varanasi, and Mumbai bomb blasts, where hundreds were killed and many more were injured, which showed the regime’s insensitivity.</p><p>The then governments kept engaging in confidence-building measures with Islamabad, said Nadda, claiming: “While they kept shooting at us, we kept serving them biryani.”</p><p>Comparing the responses, he, “The army was the same, but there was no political will (under the Congress regime)”. He said political leadership was extremely important as it gave directions to the armed forces.</p>
