At a time when consensus eludes Congress and ruling BJP on almost every issue, the BJP has toed the line of the previous UPA-led government on the issue of not approaching International Court of Justice (ICJ) for alleged torture and killing of Kargil hero Captain Saurabh Kalia by Pakistani army during 1999 Kargil war.

"I had expected the BJP government to be more patriotic. Sadly, the new government’s stand remains the same despite change of power at the Centre," N.K. Kalia told Dailymail.

In 2012, Kalia had moved the Supreme Court in 2012 seeking a direction to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to approach the ICJ for action against Pakistani army.

The MEA's surrender has been consistently criticised by the apex court.

"It would have been more befitting had the government approached the ICJ with all proofs and documentary evidences and might have lost," said the SC.

For now, the Supreme Court has set the deadline of August 25 for the Modi government to make its stand clear.

Meanwhile, Congress has termed the Modi government's decision as a 'disgrace' to soldiers sacrificing their lives for the nation.

"The Supreme Court had directed the government of India to pursue martyr Saurabh Kalia's matter in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The BJP government has been in power for more than one year now and they have not done anything. Now there are reports that they have decided to not go to the ICJ. This is a disgrace to martyrs," Congress leader PL Punia said, Times of India reports.

"They are trying to shield Pakistan. This is condemnable; we demand that the Supreme Court's order be followed and the matter be raised in the ICJ," he added.

Source: Dailymail