Restraint is not a sign of strength: Tewari on 26/11

Hotel Taj on fire during the 26/11 attacks

Congress leader Manish Tewari has in his latest book criticised the UPA government for its response to the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes, saying restraint is not a sign of strength and that India should have taken kinetic action following the attack. In the book "10 Flashpoints: 20 years" set to be released on December 2, the former union minister has looked back at the security situations that have impacted India in the last two decades.

Manish Tewari

Tewari is a member of the ‘Group of 23' leaders who had written to Sonia Gandhi seeking organisational overhaul and elections for every post in the Congress party. "For a state that has no compunctions in brutally slaughtering hundreds of innocent people, restraint is not a sign of strength; it is perceived as a symbol of weakness," he said in his book.

"There comes a time when actions must speak louder than words. 26/11 was one such time when it just should have been done. It, therefore, is my considered opinion that India should have actioned a kinetic response in the days following India's 9/11," he said. Citing excerpts of the book, the BJP said the UPA government put national security at stake. It spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said this confirms that the UPA government was "useless". Tewari has also hit out at the Modi government, alleging that the scrapping of the Mountain Strike Corps is the "greatest disservice" that this government did to India's national security.

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