New Delhi: Leader of Opposition L K Advani on Sunday called Manmohan Singh the most incompetent Prime Minister of all times and criticised him for poor handling of all domestic issues such as internal security and inflation.
“Manmohan Singh was held in high esteem when he was not a politician. But today compared with the past 14 prime ministers of our country, he is the most incompetent. No decision is taken without the consent from 10, Janpath," Advani said.
Meanwhile, Manmohan Singh, who wrapped up his five-day visit to the US on Saturday, said India will "never give up the war against terror" and underlined the tightening of intelligence gathering and investigative processes to deal with such incidents in the future.
"It was most unfortunate that this blast has taken place. My heart goes out to those who have lost their dear ones and who have suffered injuries," the prime minister said when asked about his reaction to a blast in Mehrauli of south Delhi on Saturday afternoon.
The prime minister was speaking with mediapersons on his way from New York to Marseilles, where he will attend the India-EU summit.
The moment the news of the Mehrauli blast trickled in, Manmohan Singh, who was then in New York, expressed "shock and grief" at the latest terror strike in the Indian capital in which two people were killed and 17 injured.
"This outrage once again demonstrates that we have to further tighten our intelligence gathering and strengthen our investigation and prosecution processes," the prime minister underlined.
"But we can't give up the war against terror. We will fight with all the resoluteness that is necessary to deal with this menace," the prime minister stressed.
Impressed by the US' strategy that has ensured that there was not a single terror strike in that country after the 9/11 attack of the World Trade Center seven years ago, India is keen to learn from the US experience, the sources said. However, New Delhi is not sure whether they can copy some of the draconian measures introduced by the US to counter terror, government sources said.
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The prime minister, however, did not say anything about the anti-terror law this time round.
Five days ago, speaking to reporters while flying from Frankfurt to New York, Manmohan Singh had indicated that his government was not closed to the idea of an anti-terror law. He has asked a group of top officials to study the report of the Administrative Reforms Commission headed by Congress leader M. Veerappa Moily.
"I have not reached any conclusion yet," the prime minister had said on September 24.
The report has recommended a more stringent anti-terror law to deal with the recent spate of terror attacks in Indian cities, including the Sep 13 Delhi serial blasts.
Saturday's blast, the second to hit the national capital in two weeks, came a day after Manmohan Singh rallied world leaders "to strengthen international cooperation to combat terrorism and to bring the perpetrators, organisers, financers and sponsors of terrorism to justice".
(With inputs from CNN-IBN and IANS)
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