Announcing that India-based modules were behind the 13/7 Mumbai blast and the Pune explosion, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said India could not blame Pakistan any more for terror attacks.
“We can no longer point to the cross-border modules as the source of terror,” Chidambaram told BBC. He said of the four terror attacks (Pune, Mumbai and two in Delhi) that took place in recent times, at least the first two were carried out by Indian modules. “We are fairly certain,” the minister said, adding that though HuJi and Indian Mujahideen had claimed the responsibility for the Delhi blast, investigations were on to confirm who were responsible.
Asked if India needed to do “different” to curb Indian modules, Chidambaram said, not different but more. “We need to put pressure on our friends, Pakistan, to stop terror activities in its neighbourhood,” he said, adding, “we need enormous” counter-terror mechanism. “We do need own counter-terror capacity,” he said.
Maintaining there was no doubt that Pakistan was the epicentre of terror, Chidambaram said, “There are people in India, who can join hands with them”, which was a concern. “Another concern is the radicalisation of youth. If more youth are radicalised, it will create more trouble for us. We have to wean them away. Then there is the concern how to communicate with the people of India. Policing is not easy in India.”
“India is diverse, plural country. Policing India is a very complex task,” the minister concluded.