The party said “we cannot afford to lower the guard against terrorism” and all “required measures and intelligence” must be beefed up to prevent the recurrence of such terror attacks. “More important, of course, as the Indian Prime Minister said last week, is not to “create an environment where terror can take root”. The party suggested that “only when actual oppression and associated perceptions of injustice are erased can in the final analysis, the basis for terrorism be removed”.