Venkaiah flays UPA

Hyderabad: BJP senior leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday flayed the UPA government for holding discussions with Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, who was on a day - long visit to the country. "It is the Centre's duty to announce the agenda of the talks with the neighbouring country in wake of allegations that it blatantly sponsors terrorist activities in India, and also when fingers were pointed towards Pakistan even in the recent Dilsukhnagar twin blasts case " Naidu stated. Unless the government gives a stern message that it would not tolerate Pakistan sponsored terror any longer, diplomatic level talks serve no purpose, he added He welcomed Ajmer Sharif dargah diwan Zainul Abedin Ali Khan's decision to boycott the Pakistani Prime Minister's visit to the shrine in protest against beheading of Indian soldiers by the Pakistani army along the Line of Control. Slamming the UPA government for its ineffective governance, Naidu pointed out that the BJP-led NDA coalition was the only way forward for the nation in 2014.