New Delhi: Call it election posturing, but ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani, has accused the UPA Government of having had prior information on the Mumbai terror attacks.
Speaking in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Advani accused the Government of knowing that an attack was being planned.
He asked the Government if Faheem Ansari - one of the accused in the 26/11 attack - had revealed about the reconnaissance of certain areas in Mumbai having been conducted.
And taking up from Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had left off, Advani also said that it was then difficult to believe there was no local involvement in the planning of an attack of the magnitude of 26/11.
Advani also asked if the Government was sleeping when the attack was being planned for almost a year.
"The Mumbai terror attack is not an ordinary incident. We were not aware but apparently the Government was aware that a certain attack was being planned. I would like to ask the Government that if Faheem had given certain revelations about the recce of specific areas in Mumbai, then it is really difficult to believe that there was no local involvement in such a big attack which was being planned for almost a year. But what did the Government do about it?" he wanted to know.
He also brought the topic around to Afzal Guru who is still languishing in jail for the attack on Parliament.
"There is no reason why the Government should not respect the decision of the Supreme Court on Afzal Guru or illegal immigration from Bangladesh," he added.
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