New Delhi: BJP national spokesperson and Lok Sabha MP Sambit Patra on Saturday launched a blistering attack on the previous UPA-led government, accusing it of lacking the “political will” to retaliate after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks despite the armed forces being “fully capable and ready”.

He alleged that the Congress leadership “bowed down before US orders”, compromising national pride and security.

Patra made these remarks while reacting to former Union Minister P. Chidambaram’s recent revelation that although he had favoured a retaliatory strike against Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, the government decided against it under international pressure — particularly from the United States.

“If we look at the past, India before 2014, and what India is today under the lead

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