NEW DELHI: Who ought to take the credit score for the profitable extradition of Mumbai terror assaults accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana? Prime Minister Modi-led NDA authorities or the Congress-led UPA authorities? Satirically, even earlier than the particular flight carrying Rana from US to India had landed – the BJP and the Congress engaged in a bitter tussle to assert credit score.
BJP’s Shehzad Poonawalla claimed Rana’s extradition was a “massive achievement” of the Modi authorities and its safety businesses. “This extradition shouldn’t be an odd extradition. This can be a reflection of latest India’s resolve which Prime Minister Narendra Modi had described in 2019, saying that if anybody dared to assault India’s unity, integrity, respect and its harmless individuals, the brand new India would convey such terrorists to justice,” Poonawalla mentioned.
The BJP spokesperson mentioned Rana was being introduced again to make him face justice resulting from a “sea change” within the “perspective and mindset” of the federal government underneath Modi in direction of terrorism and terror assaults.
Union minister and BJP chief Piyush Goyal additionally joined the controversy and mentioned the Congress didn’t do something to punish the terrorists and the extradition was attainable due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “foremost and paramount dedication” to India’s nationwide safety and nationwide curiosity.
Nonetheless, the Congress was fast to counter BJP’s declare and asserted that the Modi authorities merely benefited from the constant and strategic diplomacy that was begun underneath the then United Progressive Alliance (UPA) authorities (2004-2014).
“Let the info be clear: the Modi authorities didn’t provoke this course of, nor did it safe any new breakthrough. It merely benefited from the mature, constant, and strategic diplomacy begun underneath the UPA. This extradition shouldn’t be the results of any grandstanding, it’s a testomony to what the Indian state can obtain when diplomacy, legislation enforcement, and worldwide cooperation are pursued sincerely and with none type of chest-thumping,” senior Congress chief P Chidambaram mentioned.
The Congress chief traced the origins of the extradition efforts again to 2009 when the UPA authorities, underneath Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, took a big step by registering a case in opposition to Rana and his co-conspirator, David Coleman Headley, in New Delhi.
One other Congress chief Kanhaiya Kumar claimed that the extradition of Tahawwur Rana from the US was a ploy by the BJP to “divert” consideration of the general public from the “failure” of the central authorities to satisfy its guarantees.
“For the reason that BJP has no achievement well worth the identify, it tries to divert public points underneath one pretext or the opposite,” Kanhaiya mentioned.
‘Govt will hold Tahawwur Rana throughout Bihar polls’
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut gave an attention-grabbing twist to the controversy as he claimed that the federal government will hold Tahawwur Hussain Rana through the Bihar elections due later this yr.
“Rana must be instantly hanged however he can be hanged through the Bihar polls (scheduled later this yr),” Raut advised PTI. Raut mentioned there was a 16-year-old battle to convey Rana to India and it began through the Congress rule. “So nobody ought to take the credit score of bringing again Rana,” Raut mentioned.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) chief additionally demanded that Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was captured in 2016 and was sentenced to loss of life by a Pakistani army courtroom for alleged spying, be introduced again dwelling.
Whereas the NIA and different investigative businesses work around the clock to make sure that Rana is punished for his acts, political events will proceed to combat for credit score to maximise their electoral features. Maybe the credit score for this success must be given to the businesses which have labored over time to convey Rana to India.
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