India needed immediate retaliation after 26/11 Mumbai attacks: Manish Tiwari

- India maintained 'restraint' at that time but, it was considered not a strength, but a weakness

New Delhi: In his latest book, Congress MP Manish Tewari has questioned the inaction of the then UPA-1 government in the wake of the Mumbai attacks. The date of this book. Released on 3rd December. It will be almost the 12th anniversary of the Mumbai attacks.

Tiwari said that restraint against a state which does not flinch at the slaughter of hundreds of innocent human beings is not a sign of strength, but a sign of weakness. Sometimes there are times when the action sounds louder than the words. 9/11 was a day when work was given priority over words, and what was to be done was done. (He was referring to the attacks on the United States and the subsequent massive US invasion of Afghanistan and its border with Pakistan.)

Manish Tewari has written very clearly in his book that "I have been of the clear view that India should have started giving a strong response on the very next day immediately after 9/11 (2009)."

It may be mentioned that Manish Tiwari was a minister in the UPA-2 government. He also tweeted about the release of the book on Tuesday (today) stating that my fourth book 10 Flash Points <20 years - National Security Situation that <impacted India - will be published soon.

In the book, Tiwari covers all issues related to the challenges that India has faced over the last 20 years in terms of its national security. And a completely neutral analysis of the nation's security is given in this book.

The Congress leader, who was a minister in the UPA-2 government, said it was inevitable that the government would take decisive action immediately after the Mumbai attacks. Because restraint is often not considered a sign of strength or power.

It is natural for the BJP to be in the mood for criticism made by a minister of the previous government. On the other hand, he seems to be inflating his chest for the Bagal-kot air-strikes carried out by the BJP government after the terrorist attack in Pulwama.

With this book by Tiwari, two books will be a headache for the Congress leadership. Earlier, Salman Khurshid in his book 'Hindutva' compared it with IS and Boko Haram and created a whirlwind of controversy.

Referring to the Taliban in his book, Tiwari writes that they too are a threat to India.

At least 150 innocent people were killed in the 9/11/2008 terror attack in Mumbai. The security forces fought the terrorists for three days and rescued 200 people from Hotel Taj, 30 from Triad-2 and 20 from Nariman House.