'Visionless' PM Modi acts according to 'whims and fancies': Rahul Gandhi

Training guns at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the handling of the Pathankot terror attack, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the former lacks vision and runs international diplomacy according to his 'whims and fancies'.

"I had raised it in my speech also. The way the issue was handled in a centralized manner by the NSA. There are a lot of skilled people in the country; he needs to make use of them. The Prime Minister thinks that he has all the answers or people around him have all the answers. This is wrong. There are ministers, bureaucrats; he should make use of them," Gandhi told the media outside the Parliament.

"What is required is a coherent strategy? Meaning, that there should be clear strategy of what he is doing. The Prime Minister does not have that clear vision. The Prime Minister moves and jumps from one position to the other lacks vision. He thinks that international diplomacy can be done on his whims and fancies," he added.

Gandhi's comments came after Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia lashed out at the government in Parliament over the Pathankot attack.

"Operation was going on in Pathankot, but all decisions were being taken in Delhi. The NSA was controlling the entire operation," Scindia said in the Lok Sabha today.

"The Home Minister tweeted and then deleted. Till today, we don't know if there were five terrorists or six terrorists," he added.

The terrorists attacked the Pathankot Air Force Station, part of the Western Air Command of the Indian Air Force, on 2 January. Four terrorists were killed in the gun battle and two security forces personnel were martyred defending the air base.