India hopes that international opinion and its pressure combined with refusal to engage in a dialogue will force Pakistan to change its attitude towards terror groups operating from there.
Home minister P Chidambaram said that there have been several attempts by terrorists from across the border as well as modules within the country to launch terror attacks like 26/11 in India and these have been successfully foiled by the security agencies with better intelligence inputs.
"I can't change Pakistan's attitude. I can only hope that international opinion, Indian pressure and India's refusal to engage Pakistan in a dialogue, will force Pakistan to change its attitude," he said in a CNN-IBN programme.
"We have said that always," he said on Pakistan not abandoning its policy on supporting terror groups post 26/11. However, the Minister said, looking at Islamabad's attitude, India has strengthened its security manifold and is now better prepared in comparison to what it was an year ago.
"All I can say is given Pakistan's attitude, am I better prepared? Have I built more capacity and more competence? I think I have," he said. He dismissed as "misplaced criticism" the allegations that Rs31 crore have been spent on protection of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving Mumbai attacks terrorist. He was a very important catch, he said.
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