Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Friday attributed the Pulwama attacks to the “intelligence failure” and said it was time to “strike inside Pakistan”.
Talking to media persons, Uddhav said that those in charge of the intelligence machinery in the valley state should be removed.
“The issues of alliances, elections will be there. But Pakistan must not be allowed to go scot- free. It should be taught a befitting lesson,” the Sena president said, while replying to a question about his meeting with Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday.
Maintaining that Thursday’s terror attack should be condemned in the strongest possible terms, Uddhav said: “This is not just a terror attack. It has exposed the chinks in the country’s intelligence system”.
“You (the BJP-led Union government) conducted surgical strike in Pak-occupied-Kashmir. Now the time has come to strike inside Pakistan. The entire country supports the government on this issue,” the Sena president said.
“Instead of making tall claims, Pakistan needs to be taught a lesson once and for all. If intelligence inputs were not available, one wonders what do the people who are holding the reins were doing. They should be removed,” Uddhav said.
