Pathankot attack: Shiv Sena taunts PM Modi, asks him to avenge soldiers death

Mumbai: Expressing grave concern over the Pathankot terror attack, BJP's key ally Shiv Sena today alleged that it had warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to trust Pakistan and that 'time has now come for him to focus on India rather than trying to unite the world'.

The Sena, in a hard-hitting editorial in party mouthpiece 'Saamana', said that the 'attack has proven that our borders are not safe and India's internal security is in shambles and the only national work being done is giving condolences to the martyred on social networking sites'.

Launching a frontal attack on Modi, the Shiv Sena asked the former to introspect the security situation in the country post the Pathankot attack.

"Seven of our soldiers get martyred in return of a cup of tea with Nawaz Sharif...The incident has proven that our borders are not safe and our internal security is in shambles. With the lives of six terrorists, Pakistan has managed to finish India's self-respect," it said.

Further hitting out at the government, the ruling alliance partner said, "The Prime Minister was in Lahore only last week as a guest of his counterpart Nawaz Sharif. At that time, we had warned him not to trust Pakistan."

"See how we have been betrayed today. If Pakistan wants to improve relations with India, they should immediately hand over Jaish-e-Mohammed's Maulana Masood Azhar to India," it said.

The Sena also said that had the Congress been in power today, there would have been demands to strike at Pakistan and avenge the deaths of soldiers, but now nothing is being done about the incident.

"The only national work being done is condoling the deaths of soldiers on (social networking site) twitter. But why have these soldiers died? PM Modi is trying to unite the world, but time has now come for him to concentrate on India," it said.

The Sena also said that 'if India does not avenge the Pathankot terror attack, then displaying its military and arms and ammunition strength on Republic Day would be futile'.

Pakistan based terrorists infiltrated an IAF base in Pathankot on Saturday, leading to fierce gun battle with security forces. Four terrorists were killed on Saturday after 15 hours of fighting. The fifth terrorist, according to the security forces, was killed on Monday.

Seven security personnel, including an officer of the National Security Guards (NSG), an IAF Garud commando and five Defence Services Corps (DSC) personnel, were killed by the terrorists.

(With Agency Inputs)