Overview
- Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid said the incident raises a very serious question about the government's security policy and points to strategic and intelligence failures.
- He urged that Parliament be convened quickly and said the prime minister should answer on the floor of the House.
- Congress has called for an immediate all-party meeting and asked that the Winter Session, scheduled to start on December 1, be brought forward for a debate.
- Khurshid questioned whether the government's previously stated 'new normal doctrine' on treating future terror attacks as acts of war still stands.
- Context from PTI reports notes a high-intensity car blast near the Red Fort reportedly killed 13 and followed arrests tied to a so-called white collar terror module, while investigators have yet to issue a detailed public account.