> Nehru to blame for Kashmir problem: Advani

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Accusing successive Congress governments of ''inept handling'' of internal security, senior BJP leader L K Advani on Sunday said that the ''faulty'' policies of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru are responsible for the Kashmir problem.

''The issue of integration of states after Independence was handled cleverly by Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel but Nehru, who took charge of handling the Jammu and Kashmir issue, failed in his endeavour and referred the matter to the UN,'' he said addressing a function organised to release a special internal security edition of RSS monthly 'Rastradharma.'

Advani alleged that the Congress' mishandling of internal security led to the border dispute with China and ''India had to face the defeat'' in the 1962 Chinese aggression.

He also attacked the Congress for ''failing miserably'' in dealing with terrorism and the Naxalite problem and was going in for a deal with the US due to which the country would lose its nuclear autonomy.

Claiming that Bharatiya Jan Sangh was the first party that demanded conducting nuclear tests in its convention at Banaras in 1966, Advani said after the first nuclear test in Pokhran 1974, the Congress ''could not muster the courage to conduct further tests''.

He said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had in the Rajya Sabha opposed the Pokhran nuclear tests conducted by the NDA regime in 1998.

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I guess he is right this time

Private Ryan

Advani has nothing left to do now..so all he can do is bark..n bark more..

BJP has turned into a confused mess..they dont know which way they are going, what their party members are saying..i wudnt evr vote such a troubled party ever unless there is an upside down shuffle in the party n young blood in infused n they give up tht stupid hindutva ideology..

Till then, i think india is better in the hands of upa...though they are far from ideal to lead the country, but still better than bjp...

Sandeep

As Ryan is sayin, this must be one of the attempts of Politicians to throw mud at one another, but what Adwani told was 100% correct.

But isnt it known to almost everyone? Nehru screwed while dealing with Kashmir's Maharaja Harisingh, Thanks to his immense desire to be a global Peace personality, his Panchsheel stuff and all.

On that note, Sardar patel was indeed a man of courage and honour. When things needed to be done, he did it. By hook or by crook. All for the luv of country.

Btw, I recon it was Sardar patel whom Gandhijee Wanted to be Prime Minister of India. But not pretty sure how we ended up wid Nehru.