12-12-2008, 10:41 PM
<b>Jaw for tooth, Arun spits fire</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->During the debate in the Rajya Sabha, the former minister recommended Pakistan be kept âpreoccupiedâ in its troubled provinces as a way of averting terror strikes in India. He suggested India target Pakistanâs vital installations: âNot an eye for an eye; but for an eye, both eyes. For a tooth, (the) whole jaw.â
Shourie said that in 2006, then home minister Shivraj Patil had said Pakistan was preparing Lashkar terrorists against India and the sea route would be used. The BJP MP then mentioned purportedly similar observations by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2007, and national security adviser M.K. Narayananâs briefing on the same points at an international conference.
<b>âWe are not consultants to the government, we are the government</b>,â he said sarcastically, suggesting the UPA government spent its time warning of dangers instead of acting against them.
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Shourie said that in 2006, then home minister Shivraj Patil had said Pakistan was preparing Lashkar terrorists against India and the sea route would be used. The BJP MP then mentioned purportedly similar observations by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2007, and national security adviser M.K. Narayananâs briefing on the same points at an international conference.
<b>âWe are not consultants to the government, we are the government</b>,â he said sarcastically, suggesting the UPA government spent its time warning of dangers instead of acting against them.
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