The BJP on Tuesday said the opposition Congress was divided on the issues concerning national security. Stung by the Congress' criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raking up the issue of Pakistan's atrocity in Balochistan, the BJP referred to the UPA era Sharm el-Sheikh joint statement on the same trouble-torn Pakistan province.
The party lashed out at the Congress after one of its leaders Salman Khurshid criticised the Prime Minister for his statement on Balochistan in his Independence Day address on Monday.
"The divisions in the Congress and among its leaders were even visible over the Sharm el-Sheikh joint statement. They are divided over the issues concerning national security," BJP national secretary Siddharth Nath Singh told newspersons at a Press conference here.
Then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistan counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani met in July 2009 on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement Summit at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt and had mentioned Balochistan in a joint statement. The BJP had then charged the UPA Government of compromising Indian's Pakistan policy.
The statement issued by Manmohan Singh and Gilani, had said: "Both leaders agreed that the two countries will share real time credible and actionable information on any future terrorist threats… Prime Minister Gilani mentioned that Pakistan has some information on threats in Balochistan and other areas."
BJP leader also said Pakistan had lost the golden opportunity given by India "to walk along on the path of peace".