*NEW DELHI – *
Senior leaders of 21 Indian opposition parties who met in parliament todaysaid they backed the armed forces and expressed deep concern for the AirForce pilot who went missing during this morning’s engagement withPakistani Air Force.
But there was sharp criticism for the “leaders of the ruling party” for the”blatant politicisation of the sacrifices made by the armed forces” — aveiled reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who sharply criticisedthe Congress at a government function earlier this week.
The opposition parties also pointed out that the government has failed totake them into confidence – a convention in such circumstances.by Taboolalink:Sponsored Linkslink:.linkHappens With Your Body When You Eat OnionNutrition Expertlink
In a statement released at the end of the meeting, the opposition said,”The Prime Minister has, regrettably, not convened an all-party meeting asper the established practice in our democracy”. The leaders, the statementsaid, “urged the government to take the nation into confidence on allmeasures to protect India’s sovereignty, unity and integrity”.
A resolution, however, was passed which said the opposition will stand withthe country and against the enemy at this moment.Promoted: In Stores
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The opposition meeting at the parliament came this afternoon following theescalation in hostilities with Pakistan since yesterday’s airstrikes inBalakot.
India lost a plane, the pilot was declared “missing in action”.
The meeting was attended by senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and formerPrime Minister Manmohan Singh, Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu,Sharad Pawar, JMM leader Shibu Soren, BSP leader SC Mishra, Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee and her party leader Derek O’Brian, Sharad Yadavand Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh.
On Monday, at the opening of the National War Memorial, PM Modi hadlaunched an all-out attack on the Congress and pitched the Gandhi family asthe opponents who always shortchanged the armed forces – from bullet-