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With blasts rocking Malegaon taking a heavy human toll, former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Friday said 'checks' should be placed on Pakistan.
"There is no meaning whether there are talks with Pakistan or not as long preparations are not made to place checks on Pakistan. There is a need for blunt-talking with Pakistan," he said while addressing a well-attended public meeting as part of Bharatiya Janata Party's national executive in Dehradun.
Vajpayee, who blew hot and cold over the ties with Pakistan, said at one point that 'talks should continue but the fight against terror needs to be intensified.'
The meeting addressed, among others by party chief Rajnath Singh and senior leader L K Advani, saw Singh suggesting Pakistan can take the help of the Indian army to destroy the terror camps on its soil, if it was unable to do so on its own.
Advani as also Vajpayee targeted the Congress-led coalition at the Centre over its 'failure' to tackle terrorism with a firm hand.
Vajpayee, during whose tenure as prime minister the peace process with Pakistan was initiated in 2004, accused the government of having 'lost direction' with regard to ties with Islamabad and the fight against terror. The former prime minister said he was 'not