Pakistan boat intercepted; 8 held, narcotics worth Rs 600 crore seized

In a closely coordinated operation undertaken by the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard, a boat carrying a large quantity of narcotics was apprehended in international waters, off the coast of Gujarat on Monday.

The operation also resulted in apprehension of eight Pakistani nationals manning the boat," a statement from the Defence Ministry on Tuesday said.

"The boat was intercepted and apprehended by Indian Coast Guard ship 'Sangram' on Monday, whilst Indian Navy ship 'Kondul' provided support to the entire operation.

The initial investigations have led to the recovery of 232 packets of narcotics (suspected to be heroin and worth up to Rs 600 crore in the international markets)," it said.

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Congress criticism on ordinances like devil quoting scriptures: BJP

Bringing out the past record of previous Congress regimes, the ruling party cited a record number of ordinances were issued during the time and the opposition parties had no right to accuse them of "murder of democracy"

The BJP also armed its MPs with records of previous regimes on ordinances and asked them to "expose" those criticising them before the crucial land bill is taken up for passage in Parliament.

"Congress party criticising the Ordinance route is like a devil quoting scriptures. Their record is worse. They have issued ordinances umpteen number of times. 456 ordinances were issued in last 50 years," Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu quoted.

He cited while 77 ordinances were issued during Jawaharlal Nehru's time, as many as 77 ordinances were issued during six years of Indira Gandhi's regime, when three ordinances were issued every two months and 35 ordinances were issued during Rajiv Gandhi's time.

"CPI-M-supported United Front regime issued 77 ordinances, three ordinances per month. Bills passed are only 61 and 77 ordinances were issued by the United Front government which was ably supported by the Communist party, which is taking objection to the issuance of ordinances, which was done after wider consultations after taking stakeholders into confidence," he added.

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