Slamming criticism from the Opposition over the Leaks, Narayanan said that he could not comment on communications which took place between US officials with regard to Headley.
“There is no question about the fact that we were serious about Headley’s extradition,” Narayanan told media.
The WikiLeaks cables say that in December 2009, former national security adviser Narayanan had told the then US ambassador to India Timothy Roemer that New Delhi’s demand for extraditing Headley was mere posturing.
Narayanan is also reported as saying that the government was just trying to mislead the Indian public, and it was not seriously seeking his extradition at the time.
The Opposition on Sunday cornered the UPA government on the released WikiLeaks cables which revealed India’s inaction to get justice for the 26/11 victims.
The Left parties demanded a formal explanation from the government over the leaked cables.
CPI (M) General Secretary Prakash Karat slammed the government on the Wikileaks expose saying that the government succumbed to American pressure.
“The trend in the cables is that the Indian government succumbed to pressures from the USA government on foreign policy matters… And accepting the American direction of American pressure… This is what emerges broadly,” Karat said.
Congress leader Rashid Alvi said that he will not comment on the revelations made by the cables and will wait for the government to explain what actually happened.