Incidentally this statement in his speech in a prearranged meeting of the BJPs workers from Delhi have raised several question. As the government had been maintaining that they will be flushing out the infiltrators within 24 hours. Moreover, even in the Saturday meeting with the opposition parties there was no statement like this.

More surprising is the fact more or less in the same time defence minister George Fernadnes said it was a 'matter of time" before Indian armed forces pushed back the infiltrators and Pak army in the Kargil sector of Jammu & Kashmiar. He told this after briefing member of the BJP national executive on the prevailing situation which he had toured yesterday. However he declined to give the time frame within which the operation of flushing out the infiltrators would be completed. It is another question that attending of armed personnel in that meeting had again raised another controversy.

It seems that the first task of the government is to satisfy the hawks in the ruling party.

In the tone of explaining to the party men Vajpyee in the meeting held in his house said that "now it is natural that question may arose as to how they have entered. For that the geographical situation has to be seen by us. Mountains are as high as 15to 17 thousands metres high. Lot of snow falls take place. During winter no one can stay there. This time also after the ice started melting the infiltrators sneaked inside our territory. In this sort of border it is difficult to keep jawans after every steps as generally this place remains quite .neither we put our base nor they. During summer patrolling takes place. Line has been drawn on the basis of Shimla agreement.

BJP also tried to bull dodge the statement of Vajpayee on safe message saying that he had not said so. But refused to say the same for George Fernandes. Making it again clear that they are worried about the image of their government and their prime ministerial candidate and for that they are ready to say naked lie.

Faced with all sided criticism inside the country and becoming laughing stock among the international community government for the contradictory comment on granting ‘safe passages ‘ to the Pakistani infiltrators , government and BJP has started a damage control exercise. While George Fernandes has given an interview to the All India Radio virtually volt facing what he had said. External affairs ministry spokesman gave a quotable quote ,he said regarding the sage message what "while prime minister has been misquoted defence minister has been quoted out of the context..’ he reiterated the clarification given by the government yesterday evening that India will not relentless till there is last infiltrators.

It is learnt that getting feedback from the ranks of the armed forces and external affairs diplomats this decision has been taken.

Interestingly number of injured jawans from the front who has been brought here for treatment said that they were elimination of the enemy , the interviews were shown in the electronic media.

Meanwhile, the divided BJP do not know how to face this unusual crisis. But their cadres and leaders in private had resorted to the course which they are known for-unleashing personal slanders against George, in a bid to put all the blames to him and save their party government and Vajpayee who had endorsed it.

BJP spokesman since the last few days is trying to divert the issue. Today in a bid to undermine the controversy, Venkiah Naidu commented on DMK joining the NDA, then resorted to his favorite thing slandering CPI(M) of their line of defeating Congress(I) in three states and then giving call to defeat BJP in Andhar Pradesh. They he appealed to all the political parities not to resort to "pity politicking" at the situation and not to resort to criticism at this hour. He himself brought the topic of "safe Message : and said that he had talked to Prime Minister and he had said that he had not said it. Naidu said neither any one asked for it and nobody offered it. Let us put an end to this controversy. Press people pointed out that he is asking others not to raise any issue but then who had raised this controvery. Gover had clarified this yesterday. When asked that the issue was not raised by none other by George he said, You must asked the person who had raised the this question. I am not willing to answer any question on this issue.