New Delhi:
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meet with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in New York will go ahead despite strong objections from the opposition after the killing of five Indian jawans by Pakistanis on Monday night, sources have said.
The PM will meet top leaders of the BJP on Wednesday evening in an attempt to lower the political heat that scorched Parliament over the killings.
Sources say the PM will tell BJP that when infiltration and violence was much higher in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP-led government had talked to Pakistan, so why not now? Sources say the government will cite data of reduced infiltration during the UPA regime to bolster its argument.
Dr Singh and his Pakistani counterpart are scheduled to meet on the sideline of a United Nations meet in New York in September.
Congress leader PC Chacko said this morning: "It is not through war that we are going to solve the problem, it is through discussion and dialogue. So during the UN meeting, the two PMs will meet and discuss the issue. The discussion should develop into a situation where these intrusions and border violations should not happen."
Border violations have in the past hit bilateral ties with Pakistan, most recently in January when an Indian soldier was beheaded by the Pakistani army. Yesterday, in a strong statement, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said: "India cannot be cowed down by such blatant acts of deceit" and sought "appropriate action."
The BJP again wants the government to rethink plans for talks with Pakistan. In Parliament yesterday, its leaders offered lacerating criticism of what they called the government's soft foreign policy.
Narendra Modi, expected to be named the BJP's presumptive PM, slammed the government saying, "India has to stand tall...it is looking helpless, nothing can be as sad as this."
India summoned Pakistan's deputy envoy in Delhi, Mansoor Ahmed Khan, to "lodge a strong protest," yesterday, but Pakistan has "rejected" the "allegations."
Late on Monday night, five Indian soldiers were shot dead and one was seriously injured by Pakistani soldiers who crossed the Line of Control in the Poonch area of Jammu and Kashmir, about 200 km from Srinagar. A sixth soldier survived the attack and is in a military hospital.
The PM will meet top leaders of the BJP on Wednesday evening in an attempt to lower the political heat that scorched Parliament over the killings.
Sources say the PM will tell BJP that when infiltration and violence was much higher in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP-led government had talked to Pakistan, so why not now? Sources say the government will cite data of reduced infiltration during the UPA regime to bolster its argument.
Dr Singh and his Pakistani counterpart are scheduled to meet on the sideline of a United Nations meet in New York in September.
Congress leader PC Chacko said this morning: "It is not through war that we are going to solve the problem, it is through discussion and dialogue. So during the UN meeting, the two PMs will meet and discuss the issue. The discussion should develop into a situation where these intrusions and border violations should not happen."
Border violations have in the past hit bilateral ties with Pakistan, most recently in January when an Indian soldier was beheaded by the Pakistani army. Yesterday, in a strong statement, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said: "India cannot be cowed down by such blatant acts of deceit" and sought "appropriate action."
The BJP again wants the government to rethink plans for talks with Pakistan. In Parliament yesterday, its leaders offered lacerating criticism of what they called the government's soft foreign policy.
Narendra Modi, expected to be named the BJP's presumptive PM, slammed the government saying, "India has to stand tall...it is looking helpless, nothing can be as sad as this."
India summoned Pakistan's deputy envoy in Delhi, Mansoor Ahmed Khan, to "lodge a strong protest," yesterday, but Pakistan has "rejected" the "allegations."
Late on Monday night, five Indian soldiers were shot dead and one was seriously injured by Pakistani soldiers who crossed the Line of Control in the Poonch area of Jammu and Kashmir, about 200 km from Srinagar. A sixth soldier survived the attack and is in a military hospital.
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