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Chandigarh, October 1: A day after the Mumbai Police revelation that Pak-based terror outfits and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) were behind the serial train blasts on July 11 in Mumbai, the BJP asked the Centre to break off peace process with Pakistan and reconsider continuation of diplomatic relations. "The Pakistan High Commissioner should be immediately summoned and categorically told that India will reconsider continuation of diplomatic relations with Pakistan," BJP President Rajnath Singh told a press conference in Chandigarh. ...
...The BJP President, who was in Chandigarh to inaugurate the party's Chandigarh unit office, cautioned the Centre against continuing talks with Pakistan, and said if the UPA government failed to snap ties with Pakistan, the BJP would 'gherao' Parliament to oppose the peace talks. "We will not allow India-Pakistan talks to continue in the present circumstances," he said. ...
... Accusing the Centre of hurting nationalists by jumbling the date of the centenary celebrations of the National Song, Vande Mataram, Rajnath Singh asked, "Can (Congress President) Sonia Gandhi tell the nation what the exact date is and why she hates to sing the National Song?" ...
... Earlier, he inaugurated the newly-built office complex of the Chandigarh BJP. Former BJP MP from Chandigarh Satpal Jain and BJP MP from Amritsar Navjot Singh Sidhu, welcomed the BJP President. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) general secretary Captain Kanwaljit Singh was also present and later addressed the gathering.
