Gandhi also called up Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan to inquire about the situation in the wake of the blast and the investigations into it.
Pawar’s take
In Mumbai, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said: “It is not alright to conclude after Saturday’s blast in Pune that entire Pune city was targeted.
“It is not alright to arrive at a conclusion that the entire Pune city has been targeted,” Pawar said. The place where the blast took place is an isolated area, he added. “I have spoken to Home Minister R R Patil, district guardian minister Ajit Pawar and district collector,” Pawar said.
Confident that people of Pune will face the incident with a brave face, Pawar said “when I was chief minister, Mumbai saw 11 simultaneous blasts but everything returned to normal soon.” Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chagan Bhujbal said the state had received “a lot of inputs” from intelligence agencies but none of them was specific.
“We are receiving a lot of inputs from intelligence agencies. But it does not say where it will happen, when it will happen or who will do it. We do not have such details,” he said.
Condemning the terror strike, he said the police was doing its best to secure people.