The Congress Party on Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government to give a befitting reply to Pakistan in the wake of the militant attack in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district and said that it would send a strong message to Islamabad, which would ponder before continuing to bleed India in the way it is doing.
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said India has the capacity to reply to Pakista,
“I think there is not even a minority of one in India who feels otherwise than that India should give a befitting reply to Pakistan,” he reportedly said adding “The details of which are for the government to decide whether it is diplomatic coupled with military , coupled with economic, coupled with social international whether it is covert or overt, whether it is direct or indirect at a time manner and methodology of our choosing.”
“But clearly Pakistan must learn that it must pause to think not once, not twice, not five times but 10 times before it continues to bleed India in the way it is doing,” he said.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi had earlier expressed shock and deep distress over the martyrdom of Indian soldiers in the dastardly terrorist attack in Uri. Describing the “cowardly” attack as a “deplorable affront on our national conscience”, Sonia expressed hope that the perpetrators of this dastardly attack as also the forces behind them will be severely dealt with and brought to book.