Centre compromising national security: Cong on BSF camp attack

The Congress today denounced the Centre over a militant attack on a BSF camp near the Srinagar airport, accusing it of compromising national security.
Party chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala alleged the central government had proved to be a "total failure" and its "utter laxity and misplaced priorities have led to a disquiet border".
He claimed that 253 security personnel and 124 civilians lost their lives in 102 major terror attacks "under the watch" of the BJP government in the last 40 months.
He said the days of "lip service and strong condemnation" were over and asked the Modi government to lay down a roadmap to deal with Pakistan-sponsored terrorism.

"The attack is evidence of how the Modi government has compromised and toyed with national security. The question is what are Modiji and his government doing? When will we see the 56-inch chest?" Surjewala asked.
The Centre's "empty phrases, chest thumping and TV studio warfare" have only set up a "superficial and false discourse", he said in a statement.
An "unprecedented" situation is being witnessed in Jammu and Kashmir, where terrorists from across the border have repeatedly attacked India's national security apparatus, the Congress leader said.
Earlier in the day, security forces gunned down three Jaish-e-Mohammed militants who stormed a BSF camp near the high-security Srinagar airport. An assistant sub-inspector of the force was also killed in the gunfight.