Manmohan should not be keen on talking to Sharif: Advani

Advani,meanwhile,heaped praise on Army Chief General Bikram Singh.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani on Tuesday said that after Defence Minister A K Antony and the army chief have clearly specified that Pakistan army was involved in the killing of five jawans at the Line of Control (LoC) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should not be keen on talking to his Pakistan counterpart.

In his latest blog posting,Advani heaped praise on Army Chief General Bikram Singh for having made the Defence Minister not just confirm what the army press note had said about the incident earlier but also specifically to add that “specialist troops of the Pakistan army were involved in this attack”.

The BJP leader further maintains that after both Defence Minister A K Antony and the army chief had clearly said that Pakistani forces were involved,there should be no talks at the level of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif.

“The country hopes that after this kind of firm assertion by the minister and the army,the Prime Minister would abandon his keenness to have peace talks with his Pakistani counterpart,” Advani said.

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