'They rained bullets, you served them biryani': Nadda attacks Congress; slams UPA 'inaction'

Time of India

4 days ago

BJP chief JP Nadda
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief JP Nadda on Wednesday slammed the Congress party, recalling how the UPA government responded to terrorist attacks that claimed hundreds of civilian lives over the years.
During the debate on Operation Sindoor in Rajya Sabha, Nadda said: "
Woh hume goliyon se bhunte rahe aur hum unko biryani khilane chale
" (They kept raining bullets on us, and kept serving them biryani).
Hitting out at Congress for criticising the government over the April 22 Pahalgam terrorist attack, Nadda said that "those questioning Pahalgam should first reflect on how they dealt with terrorism".
"Let me share a few examples: On July 28, 2005,
Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami bombed the Shramjeevi Express
...14 were killed, 62 injured. No action was taken. Just before Diwali in 2005,
Delhi serial blasts
killed 67 and injured over 200. No action was taken. In March 2006,
Harkat-ul-Jihad targeted Varanasi's Sankat Mochan Temple
and railway station...28
dead, 101 injured. No action was taken," Nadda said in Rajy Sabha.
He further said: "Then,
Indian Mujahideen
and Lashkar-e-Taiba jointly carried out the
Mumbai train bombings
. Two hundred nine people were killed and more than 700 injured. In response, a Joint Anti-Terrorism Mechanism was set up. Its first meeting was held two months later, the second one after seven months… but no concrete action was ever taken."
Nadda said that the army, police and security agencies remain the same as they were during the UPA rule, but the poltical leadership and political will changed, calling it "extremely important".
"Political leadership is extremely important — because it is the political leadership that gives orders to the army. That is why there's a clear difference between a responsible government, a sensitive government, and one that responds according to the situation's needs. There's also a kind of government that remains non-reactive — and that makes all the difference," he said.
The BJP chief said that, after the change of government, first time it has happened in the Indpendent India that the Prime Minister publicaly declares that those behind terror attacks would not be spared.
"For the first time after 1947, a PM publicly declared that the culprits of the Uri terror attack would not be spared. And within three days, surgical strikes were carried out — destroying terrorist launchpads across the border. No PM since Independence had responded like this. This is the political will of PM Modi," said Nadda.