Clarify the nation on LeT operatives joining IAF' : BJP

New Delhi, July 21 (UNI) Expressing its serious concern about an alert by the National Security Advisor alerting the Chief Ministers and state Intelligence Chiefs about the possibility of two Lashkar-e-Toiba operatives entering the Indian Air Force, the BJP today demanded the government to come out with a clarification.

Taking note of an expose by a television channel of the alert to CMs and police and Intelligence authorities in the states, BJP Spokesman Arun Jaitley said terrorist infiltration into one of the wings of the Armed Forces was a serious development especially when the country had seen the assassinations of two Prime Ministers, attacks on Parliament, citizens and religious places in the past.

He said infiltration attempt in the Armed Forces are an attempt to attack the last bastion of the State empowered to protect the nation. ''If the NSA alert is correct, it should not just wake up but shake up the government in the light of blasts in Mumbai, New Delhi, Varanasi and Doda in the recent past. The Armed Forces needs to be insulated from such attacks by strengthening intelligence network backed by political diplomatic initiatives and a strong law,'' he asserted.

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