09-26-2006, 12:43 AM
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Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
What's Musharraf talking about, scoffs Rajnath
The BJP on Monday trashed Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf claim that Kargil conflict had compelled India to take initiative on resolving the Kashmir dispute.
<b>Claiming that the 1999 Kargil conflict was a diplomatic and military victory for India, BJP chief Rajnath Singh asserted that the then Vajpayee Government had successfully convinced the international community about Pakistan's support to cross-border terrorism after the Kargil events</b>.
<b>"All his claims are baseless. On the contrary, the Vajpayee Government made it known to the world after the 1999 events that Pakistan was responsible for cross-border terrorism and was a centre of terror,"</b> Singh said.
Refuting Musharraf claim in his biography Line of Fire, that the moves to find a solution to the Kashmir issue were prompted by the Kargil events, the BJP chief accused the Pakistani leader of lying about the outcome of the Kargil conflict, and insisted Islamabad lost both militarily and diplomatically in the conflict.
<b>"The truth of the matter is Pakistan lost while India won. It was also a diplomatic victory for India when the world came to know about Pakistan's role in encouraging terror,"</b> Singh said as he maintained New Delhi should suspend CBMs with Islamabad until it dismantles terror infrastructure on its soil. "<b>I would like to state emphatically that whatever movement has taken so far in the direction of finding a solution to Kashmir is owed considerably to the Kargil conflict," </b>the Pakistani President wrote.
Singh also attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his remarks in Nainital that militants' infiltration from across the LoC had come down, citing Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's comments that it resumed three months ago.
<b>"The Prime Minister is hoodwinking the nation on internal security. He says infiltration has come down, but Azad has said just the opposite,"</b> the BJP leader remarked.
He also flayed the Prime Minister for his comments during his Havana trip that Pakistan too was a victim of terror. Singh warned that New Delhi should not trust Musharraf, with whom the Prime Minister had agreed to set up a joint anti-terror mechanism, in the light of the recent bomb blasts in Mumbai and Malegaon despite his promise in 2004 that he would not allow anti-India terror activities on Pakistani soil.
<b>"On our part, we will reach out to the public to expose the UPA Government's hollow claims about internal security," </b>the BJP leader told the media as his party launched its weeklong Vande Mataram campaign here.
Symbolising Hindutva, the campaign comes ahead of Assembly elections in several states, including Uttar Pradesh.
Also, BJP leader Kalyan Singh, who has been named the party's chief ministerial post if voted to power in Uttar Pradesh, is due to set out on an Ayodhaya Yatra on Tuesday.
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Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
What's Musharraf talking about, scoffs Rajnath
The BJP on Monday trashed Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf claim that Kargil conflict had compelled India to take initiative on resolving the Kashmir dispute.
<b>Claiming that the 1999 Kargil conflict was a diplomatic and military victory for India, BJP chief Rajnath Singh asserted that the then Vajpayee Government had successfully convinced the international community about Pakistan's support to cross-border terrorism after the Kargil events</b>.
<b>"All his claims are baseless. On the contrary, the Vajpayee Government made it known to the world after the 1999 events that Pakistan was responsible for cross-border terrorism and was a centre of terror,"</b> Singh said.
Refuting Musharraf claim in his biography Line of Fire, that the moves to find a solution to the Kashmir issue were prompted by the Kargil events, the BJP chief accused the Pakistani leader of lying about the outcome of the Kargil conflict, and insisted Islamabad lost both militarily and diplomatically in the conflict.
<b>"The truth of the matter is Pakistan lost while India won. It was also a diplomatic victory for India when the world came to know about Pakistan's role in encouraging terror,"</b> Singh said as he maintained New Delhi should suspend CBMs with Islamabad until it dismantles terror infrastructure on its soil. "<b>I would like to state emphatically that whatever movement has taken so far in the direction of finding a solution to Kashmir is owed considerably to the Kargil conflict," </b>the Pakistani President wrote.
Singh also attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his remarks in Nainital that militants' infiltration from across the LoC had come down, citing Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's comments that it resumed three months ago.
<b>"The Prime Minister is hoodwinking the nation on internal security. He says infiltration has come down, but Azad has said just the opposite,"</b> the BJP leader remarked.
He also flayed the Prime Minister for his comments during his Havana trip that Pakistan too was a victim of terror. Singh warned that New Delhi should not trust Musharraf, with whom the Prime Minister had agreed to set up a joint anti-terror mechanism, in the light of the recent bomb blasts in Mumbai and Malegaon despite his promise in 2004 that he would not allow anti-India terror activities on Pakistani soil.
<b>"On our part, we will reach out to the public to expose the UPA Government's hollow claims about internal security," </b>the BJP leader told the media as his party launched its weeklong Vande Mataram campaign here.
Symbolising Hindutva, the campaign comes ahead of Assembly elections in several states, including Uttar Pradesh.
Also, BJP leader Kalyan Singh, who has been named the party's chief ministerial post if voted to power in Uttar Pradesh, is due to set out on an Ayodhaya Yatra on Tuesday.
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