Slamming the development, Swaraj said, "We do not accept this fact that lakhvi, who is the 26/11 mastermind and has been declared an international terrorist by the UN, is releasedon bail.... We demand that Pakistan government should have this decision overturned immediately. We are keeping a watch on its response."
Noting that India's stand on the issue has been clearly spelt out to Pakistan, she said, "We reject this argument that there is lack of adequate evidence" against the perpetrators of the November 26, 2008 attack in which 166 people were killed.
"The Pakistan government, by letting lakhvi go out on bail, has made a mockery of its pledge to fight terror groups without any condition or discrimination... It emboldens terrorists who committed massacre of children in Peshawar," she said.
Asserting "without doubt" that the conspiracy for Mumbai attack of 2008 was hatched in Pakistan, the External Affairs Minister said 99 per cent evidence is available in Pakistan and Pakistani investigators had six years to collect all evidence."
She said "it is their (Pakistan's) responsibility to ensure punishment to them (Mumbai attack accused) by furnishing evidence."
Referring to the massacre carried out by terrorists in Peshawar on Tuesday, Swaraj said, "We felt the pain of the families whose loved ones were killed in the attack. That day not only were their children killed but a part of humanity also died."
Immediately after, the lok Sabha, which had passed a resolution on Wednesday against terror attack in Peshawar, adopted a resolution, "We express grave concern of the Indian people that just one day after the tragic killing of 141 innocent children and others in Peshawar, an accused terrorist could be released on bail by the same country.
"It seems that the lesson that there should be no compromise with terrorists has not been learnt."
