Omar hits out at BJP for prematurely accusing Pak for Mumbai blasts

Srinagar, Jul 14 (PTI) North Indian state Jammu and
Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday lashed out at
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for blaming Pakistan for the
serial attacks in the Indian financial hub Mumbai saying it
should wait for the investigations to be completed.
"I will request everyone, from L K Advani and others,
that until it is not clear who is behind these attacks we
should not blame others. It is our bad habit that we first
put the blame and then try to find proof to prove our blame
right," Omar told reporters here.
He said less than 24 hours after blasts in Mumbai, in
which 18 people have died and more than 130 injured, senior
BJP leaders came out to blame Pakistan.
"Who is behind it (attacks), let investigations be
complete. Then, everything will be in front of us," he said.
Omar said whether or not the Mumbai attacks will have
an impact on Indo-Pak talks will be decided once the
investigations are complete and it is clear who is behind the
attacks.
"When Samjhauta train attack took place we first
blamed the neighbouring country, but then we came to know it
was our own people who did it to disturb the communal harmony
in the country. I am not saying who is behind these attacks, I
am only requesting that until we do not have solid proof we
should not blame anyone," he said.
Omar also said it was unfortunate that after every few
years Mumbai city is attacked.

Earlier, Omar had appealed to people via his Twitter
account to desist from speculating about who can be behind the
attacks.
"Can we have a little more of facts and a little less
of rumours about who is behind the attack. If we don't know as
yet let's say we don't know," Omar wrote on the micro
blogging.
Omar said even though few groups were being talked
about, the truth was not yet known.
"I (ha)ve heard everything from I.M. (Indian
Mujahideen) to a Kashmir based LeT (Lashkar-e-Toiba) module
and a whole lot of groups in between but the truth is we don't
know as yet," Omar said.
Commenting on the spirit of Mumbai to keeping going,
Omar said the dicourse has gone "tiresome" as no one gave them
a "bloody choice".
"And yes, while I'm at it this whole Mumbai Spirit
thing is a bit tiresome now because let's face it no one gave
them a bloody choice anyway," he said.