Jaiswal also urged the state governments to establish specialised intelligence cadres, separate from their police machinery, to deal with high-tech terrorist activities.

Meanwhile, Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari said: “Maybe, the time has come to have a single agency at the federal level to fight against terrorism and other specified federal crimes.” He added: “The tragedy in Jaipur is also a time for introspection and reflection. The Government has tried to build a consensus to classify certain acts of crime like terrorism, which can be tried at the federal level.”

His gems-II

• The explosive used was very dangerous. It may be RDX or ammonium nitrate or a mixture of these two or some other mixture.

• What I can say is that this is the work of a very dangerous terrorist organisation. It was a very well-planned conspiracy.

• Whichever organisation has done this, I declare it to be the enemy number one of this country. Culprits will be apprehended very soon.

• It is not correct to say that the investigations in the previous terrorist attacks have yielded nothing. But yes, they have not reached their logical conclusion. And the biggest reason for that is that the clues are linked to our neighbouring countries.

• Whichever terrorist organisation or foreign hand is behind these blasts, it is not able to digest India’s progress.