Mumbai: Leader of Opposition L K Advani on Wednesday said serial bomb blasts in suburban trains in Mumbai, have brought to the fore the need for an anti-terrorist law.
"The blasts show that the government of Pakistan has not kept up its committment to dismantle anti-India terrorist infrastructure on Pakistani soil," Advani told reporters after visiting the injured at the Bhabha and KEM hospitals and Mahim railway station, one of the seven blasts site.
Refusing to criticise Maharashtra government directly, he said, "This is a time when 'raja' and 'praja' must unitedly face the challenge before them."
The senior BJP leader said it was the responsibility of the Central and Maharasthra governments to demolish the terrorist modules operating within.
About blasts themselves, he said they were far more well-coordinated than London metro blasts last year.
Referring to media reports about the alleged involvment of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), he said, "Its footprints and footprints of similar anti-national elements must be investigated and erased."
Replying to a query on Union Home Secretary's statement that Indo-Pak peace process will continue, Advani said, "If you want to deal firmly with terrorism we should not give an impression that you are ready to make any compromise."
"The image of being a soft nation encourages terrorism," the former BJP president said.
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