Congress asks government to prepare comprehensive drone policy

Surjewala says it must act on defence experts’ strategic advice instead of ‘headline management’

In the wake of an alleged on Sunday last, the Congress on Tuesday urged the government to prepare a comprehensive policy to deal with armed drone attacks that are “a real threat to the security forces and government establishments”. Party general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala, in a series of tweets, said the government needed to act on the strategic advice of defence experts on modern warfare instead of “headline management”. “Armed Drones attack are a real threat to security forces & Govt establishments. A credible & comprehensive policy and measures are the need of hour to tackle attacks by the Pak based terror outfits, backed by the infamous ISI, instead of mere circulars & amendments of rules,” Mr. Surjewala said on twitter.