The President is grieved to know about the incident of blasts in Mumbai and has condoled the loss of lives in these blasts, a Rashtrapati Bhawan statement said. “The President wishes speedy recovery to those injured in the incident in Mumbai,” it added.
Ansari expressed deep shock at the scale of the attacks targeted against innocent people causing numerous fatalities and casualties, a statement from the Vice-President’s Secretariat said. Such acts are aimed at destabilising the nation, he said, and urged all citizens to unite in this critical hour.
The Prime Minister strongly condemned the bomb blasts in Mumbai and appealed to the people of the megapolis to remain calm and show a united front. Singh, who is monitoring the developments related to the three explosions, spoke to Home Minister P Chidambaram and also to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. He asked Chavan to do whatever is possible to provide relief to the injured and the families of the deceased.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi condemned the dastardly act of terror in Mumbai and said such acts of cowardice would be dealt appropriately.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke with Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and asked him to keep the prime minister’s office posted on the developments.
Singh also spoke with Home Minister P Chidambaram and asked him to do everything needful in the matter.
The BJP strongly condemned the attack in Mumbai and asked the government to take a determined stand to deal with the menace.
Condemning the Mumbai blasts in the strongest possible terms, BJP President Nitin Gadkari asked the government to take a clear stand in setting up an effective anti-terror infrastructure.
“No word can ably express the anguish over these dastardly attacks. We condemn them in the strongest possible words,” Gadkari said in a statement.