Raigad: Hitting out at the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the then Dr Manmohan Singh-led UPA government of not striking Pakistan after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks due to pressure from a foreign country.

Modi, however, did not name the United States.

Without directly naming P Chidambaram, Modi referred to the former Union Home Minister’s recent statement.

Speaking at the inauguration of the Navi Mumbai International Airport at Ulwe in Raigad district, Modi said: “The Congress should tell people why it stopped the army from attacking Pakistan after the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. A senior Congress leader, who was the then Home Minister, recently said in an interview that after 26/11, our armed forces were ready to strike, and the country wanted that. If he is

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