Sonia pledges full support to govt in tackling terrorist menace

New Delhi, Sept.29: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today pledged her party’s total support to the NDA government’s actions to protect country's security and deal with the menace of terrorism from across the border. “This is a strong message that conveys our country's resolve to prevent further infiltration and attacks on our security forces and our people”, she said in a statement here on Thursday. Sonia Gandhi further stated, “Our party hopes that Pakistan will recognize that it bears a great responsibility in the continuing cross-border terrorist attacks against India. Congress expects that Pakistan will take effective steps to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism that it has supported and it ensures that its territory and the territory under its control is not used for terrorist purposes against India. The Congress Party congratulates the Armed forces on the success of the operation and offers its full support to the Government in our country's continuing battle against cross-border terrorism”, she added.