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Wednesday, June 2, 1999

...CWC makes capital of it

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NEW DELHI, JUNE 1: The Congress today mounted a scathing attack on the Vajpayee government for its handling of the situation in Kargil, saying it had been ``astonishingly negligent and complacent in allowing national security in this sector to be breached.''

A resolution adopted at a meeting of the Congress Working Committee noted that the government should have known that once the infiltration routes in the western sector had been effectively blocked, the focus of action against our country would inevitably shift to vulnerable points in the northern Kargil sector.

It noted that the government had admitted that preparation for the massive infiltration had been going on for months. ``Pakistani agents were trained and positioned. Equipment and artillery to back them, including sophisticated anti-aircraft artillery were moved to great heights notwithstanding the severity of the weather,'' it observed.

``The Lahore Declaration and related documents were being rendered null and void even as they were beingsolemnly signed. This reveals a level of inexperience, naivete and immaturity of the political executive of the day,'' the resolution said.

The resolution went on to demolish the Vajpayee government's much-touted ``achievement'' in journeying to Lahore to promote peace. It recalled that the Congress had welcomed the initiative then. ``However, it appears that no proper intelligence assessment of ground realities was undertaken in preparation for that journey,'' it said.

The CWC reiterated its support to the government's efforts to rid the country of the infiltrators and condemned the naked aggression by Pakistan forces with a view to alter the Line of Control and grab Indian land.

But party general secretary Pranab Mukherjee while briefing reporters lashed out at the government for getting serving officials of the defence forces to brief a meeting of the BJP's national executive.

Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.


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