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 Discuss | Email | Print | Get latest news on your desktop Government to set up Federal Investigation Agency, beef up security November 30, 2008 22:01 IST
Sharing the country's "anger and outrage" over the Mumbai attacks, he appealed to parties to rise above political considerations to meet the challenge unitedly. "Terrorists and enemies of our nation must know that their actions unite rather than divide us," he said in his opening remarks at the all party meeting convened by him to discuss the situation arising out of the terror strikes. Describing the attacks as "different" from the previous terror strikes, Singh said "in the face of this national threat and in the aftermath of this national tragedy, all of us from different political parties must rise above narrow political considerations and stand united. "We should work together in the interest of the country at this critical juncture." He said the parties should build a consensus on what needs to be done to strengthen the ability of the system to meet these threats. "The terrorists and enemies of our nation must know that their actions unite rather than divide us," the Prime Minister said at the meeting from which Leader of the Opposition L K Advani [Images], Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh and Shiv Sena stayed away. Singh hoped that the political parties would be able to give a collective assurance to the nation that, across the
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