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AMRITSAR: BJP leader Arun Jailtey on Tuesday defended Vajpayee government's releasing the three most wanted terrorists in return for the safety of passengers of the Indian Airlines plane hijacked to Kandahar in 1999, saying the lives of all Indians were "more precious" than the release of the terrorists.
He said in reply to a question that if NDA returns to power at the Centre its government would definitely ask Pakistan to hand over those accused of the plane hijack.
Jaitley's remarks about the plane hijack came in response to a question at a press confeference here how NDA government would handle national security when it had freed three hardcore terrorists in the plane hijack crisis in 1999.
Jaitley said there would be no compromise with the national security.
The plane had been hijacked from Kathmandu and its last take-off point from India was Amritsar.
Arun Jaitley defends release of terrorists to end Kandahar plane hijack crisis - The Times of India
The hijack drama and the plane passenger hostage crisis had lasted for seven days before India freed three militants Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and Maulana Masood Azhar who have since been implicated in other terrorist actions, including September 9/11, kidnap and murder of journalist Daniel Pearl and November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
He said in reply to a question that if NDA returns to power at the Centre its government would definitely ask Pakistan to hand over those accused of the plane hijack.
Jaitley's remarks about the plane hijack came in response to a question at a press confeference here how NDA government would handle national security when it had freed three hardcore terrorists in the plane hijack crisis in 1999.
Jaitley said there would be no compromise with the national security.
The plane had been hijacked from Kathmandu and its last take-off point from India was Amritsar.
Arun Jaitley defends release of terrorists to end Kandahar plane hijack crisis - The Times of India
The hijack drama and the plane passenger hostage crisis had lasted for seven days before India freed three militants Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and Maulana Masood Azhar who have since been implicated in other terrorist actions, including September 9/11, kidnap and murder of journalist Daniel Pearl and November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
