TALKS 2 LST

Contending that India-Pakistan relations are
"accident-prone", the sources suggested that the possibility
of terror attacks was considered when the decision was taken
about the Foreign Secretary-level talks.

However, it would be difficult decision to go ahead with
the talks if Pakistani hand is established in the Pune bomb
attack as the government has to be sensitive to the public
opinion.
Preliminary investigations are already indicating
involvement of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror
outfit, which had carried out the Mumbai attacks of November
26, 2008.
Indications in this regard were given by Indian Home
Secretary G K Pillai when he said that LeT operative David
Coleman Headley, Pakistani-origin American who was arrested in
the US last October, had conducted the survey of the vicinity
of German Bakery, target of yesterday's attack.
High level sources in the government have already made
it clear that there would be a "huge setback" if anything like
26/11 is repeated.
The sources underline that it becomes difficult for the
government to carry the public opinion with it for talks if
attacks take place.
India has been emphasising that "any meaningful talks"
cannot take place in an "environment of terror or even threat
of terror".
In the wake of the Pune blast, Opposition BJP has already
started attacking the government for initiating the
"misconceived and adventurist" talks with Pakistan and said
that "terror and talks cannot co-exist". PTI AKK
RBT


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