NEW DELHI – Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has launched anall-out attack on the Modi government, saying it has mismanaged the disputein Jammu and Kashmir.

Addressing the 84th Congress session in New Delhi, Manmohan Singh said theBJP-led government’s talk of fighting two and a half wars was yet anotherhollow slogan.

Highlighting issues that had come up between India and its neighbours underthe Modi dispensation, Manmohan Singh said problems are to be sorted outpeacefully and not in an atmosphere of hostility and shouting at each other.

Manmohan Sing said India must recognise Pakistan as a neighbour.