New Delhi/Hyderabad, Feb. 22 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday called for national unity in wake of the twin bomb blasts in Hyderabad, and termed it as an act of external aggression.
Khurshid said it is time that India stands united to fight terror.
"We should take out ideology and our society towards the proper path so that we can stand together in unity and face our enemies. Our enemies are repeatedly attacking us. If we have to counter them effectively then we can do it only by national unity," Khurshid told media in New Delhi.
"We cannot achieve this by scoring points on each other and indulging in politics against each other," he added.
Meanwhile, Telegu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu, who visited the blast site in Hyderabad, blamed the government for failing to check militancy.
"Today there is an alarm in the nation. The commissioner of police, CM, everybody should sit together. They are to analyse, they are to take all precautions. Not only that, they are to educate people also. They have to educate people, they have to surprise check, they have to inspect people," said Naidu.
"All these things, they could have done them. But they did not do anything. Because of these things, the culprits have escaped easily. This is what is happening," he added.
The death toll in the Hyderabad twin blasts goes up to 16 while 117 injured are undergoing in various hospitals. The condition of the ten injured remain critical.Two powerful simultaneous blasts had ripped through a crowded area close to a cluster of bus stands in Dilsukhnagar area yesterday.
Union Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Union Home Secretary R K Singh today visited the blasts site and met the injured in hospitals. They also reviewed the follow up situation.
Meanwhile, control rooms have been set up to provide information about the victims. Information can be obtained on phone numbers 040-23235642, 23235643, 23261166, 27852333 and 27852437. (ANI)
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