Bharat could not give a befitting reply to the 26/11 Mumbai attackers,
remarked Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Odisha’s Puri on Sunday.
He made the remark after paying visit at the Shree Jagannath Temple.
“It is a very sad day for all of us. Had Modi been the PM then instead of
Manmohan Singh, things would have been totally different,” he expressed.
On November 26 in 2008, ten Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists from Pakistan
arrived by sea route and in an indiscriminate fire killed 166 people, 18 of
them security personnel, and injured many others during a 60-hour siege in
Mumbai.
The Assam CM said PM Modi would have given a befitting reply to the
attackers.
“It is really sad that we could not give a proper reply,” he said.
CM Himanta, who was welcomed by the temple administration at the Lion’s
Gate of the 12th-century shrine, said, “It is considered most pious to have
darshan of the trinity during the last five days of Kartik month.”
The Assam CM was accompanied by Puri MLA Jatany Sarangi and BJP national
spokesperson Sambit Patra.
He also proposed that his government will set up a yatri niwas in the
temple town to facilitate the stay of the devotees visiting Jagannath temple
from the Northeastern State.
“I will write to the Odisha Government to provide necessary assistance to
construct a yatri niwas in Puri for the devotees coming from Assam to have
darshan of Lord Jagannath,” he said.
Dr Himanta recalled he had earlier visited the temple alone. This time,
he came with his family to seek the blessings of Lord Jagannath, he said.
PTI
