Reacting to bomb blasts in Patna Punjab CM terms it attempt to disturb peace and communal harmony

Chandigarh, October 27, 2013: The Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today strongly condemned the serial bomb blasts at Patna in Bihar  today and said that these seemed clearly aimed at disturbing peace and communal harmony in the country.
Describing the blasts as " a dastardly and inhuman act," the Chief Minister said that these also underlined once again the threat to both internal and external security for the country under the UPA regime.
Badal also said that possibility of the attacks being aimed at creating a scare to prevent people from attending the rally of the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate scheduled for the day there could not be ruled out.
Badal said that the development should also serve as a grim reminder that there is a need for exercising extreme caution in public utterances by our leaders, such as the recent speeches of Rahul Gandhi. "I am not blaming anyone at this stage, but there is a need to realise that peace and communal harmony are issues that demand a sacred national consensus and commitment by everyone, irrespective of our political or ideological differences. Nothing should be said or done by anyone holding a responsible position which directly or indirectly contributes to creation of avoidable tensions or tensions between people who have lived like sisterly communities for generations. Peace and communal harmony must be treated as beyond political debate.  The blasts underscore once again that we must exercise restraint and extreme care on every word  we speak, especially in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections", said the Punjab Chief Minister in a statement here.
The Chief Minister also said that the blasts reflected a failure of intelligence both at the local as well as the national level, especially after the tension caused by the tragic happenings in
Muzzafar Nagar. "But the  principal responsibility for providing intelligence inputs lies with the center."
Badal regretted that the  Government of India under the Congress-led  UPA "has been  in the habit of passing the buck for  intelligence failures to the state governments even after it has usurped major powers through subtle and not so subtle means." www.cityairnews.com

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