Advani to scrap joint anti-terrorism mechanism with Pakistan

September 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Government has reportedly agreed to partially share the intelligence it has acquired with regard to the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai and other possible attacks by Pakistani groups with Pakistan, but sources told a private television channel that New Delhi would also continue monitor Islamabad's handling of the six dossiers handed over to it by New Delhi. The report also said that New Delhi will tread the cautious path as far as intelligence sharing is concerned, as it is concerned about possible misuse and misinterpretation, and about this compromising the 26/11 probe.

August 18th, 2009 SHIMLA - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Tuesday said he was happy Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had realised there was terror threat emanating from Pakistan.

August 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI/ LUCKNOW/ SRINAGAR - Senior BJP leader LK Advani on Saturday criticized Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh for failing to mention the Sharm-e-Sheikh Indo-Pak joint statement in his Independence Day address.

August 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continued its attack on the government by targeting the joint statement signed by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh with Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gilani late last month.

July 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Members of Parliament of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance on Tuesday met President Pratibha Patil and submitted a memorandum on the recent India-Pakistan joint statement. "The government has just formed and after the first foreign tour of Prime Minister, one-by-one facts about the Indo-Pakistan Joint Statement have come to light which have raised a lot of doubts among people of this country," said Lal Krishna Advani, Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and senior BJP leader in the capital.

July 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The India-Pakistan joint statement signed in Egypt was against the "national consensus" that there should be no talks until Pakistan takes concrete action against terrorism, BJP leader L.K. Advani said Tuesday after meeting President Pratibha Patil along with NDA parliamentarians.

July 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - MPs from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani, will Tuesday meet President Pratibha Patil over the government's "capitulation" to Pakistan on terrorism and other foreign policy issues, party leaders said.

July 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staging a walk-out in parliament in protest against "capitulation" to Pakistan over cross-border terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said action on terrorism by Pakistan should not await other developments, including resumption of the composite dialogue. In a statement in parliament Monday within hours of his return from Egypt, Manmohan Singh said engagement is the only way forward to realise the vision of a stable and prosperous South Asia", but made it clear that any meaningful dialogue will depend on Islamabad fulfilling its anti-terror pledge in letter and spirit.

July 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a walkout in the Lok Sabha Friday, alleging the government had capitulated to Pakistan on the terrorism issue, soon after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh read out a statement on his meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani. You have delinked terrorism and the composite dialogue.

April 24th, 2009 PURNIA - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani on Friday said if voted to power, his party would stamp out terrorism. "If voted to power, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government would not compromise on national interest.

April 1st, 2009 BHUBANESHWAR - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani on Wednesday targeted Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh for his statement about the need for India and Pakistan fighting militancy jointly.

April 1st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The Congress-led central government's policy on terrorism was 'deeply flawed', Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani said here Wednesday while expressing 'shock' at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement about India and Pakistan jointly fighting terrorism.

February 5th, 2009 NAGPUR - There has been an 'increasing build up of anti-India environment' in the neighbourhood, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Friday at its national conclave here adding that India should disassociate from the joint terror mechanism with Pakistan and instead act against terror on its own. Kicking off its three-day national executive and national council meet here, BJP president Rajnath Singh launched a scathing attack on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government saying that 'anti-India environment' has grown among neighbouring countries during its tenure.

January 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Monday shared with Spain the evidence linking Pakistan-based elements to Mumbai's terror carnage even as the two countries set up a joint anti-terror mechanism to deal with this global menace. The anti-terror mechanism will include exchange of counter-terrorism experts who would be based in New Delhi and Madrid.

December 29th, 2008 SHIMLA - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would not tolerate any compromise on terrorism, the party's senior leader L.K. Advani said here Tuesday and asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to tell people how his government intended to deal with Pakistan.