Whenever a blast occurs, we mourn the loss of precious human lives, we come out on the streets of our city with candles in hand to express our solidarity with the family members and near and dear ones of those who were killed in these attacks. We come in public to criticize the government for their inaction and the failure of intelligence agencies in providing the right input becomes the ultimate excuse to shift the onus on a department with no face.

It was a black Wednesday for the people of Delhi as a powerful blast went off near the pass counter of the Delhi High Court in the morning when people made a queue to obtain their pass to enter the court premises. It was a day when many people used to file PIL (Public Interest Litigation) in the court and thus the terrorists chose an appropriate time to trigger it off.

So far 12 have reportedly died, and more than 60 persons have got severely injured. The Union home minister, P Chidambaram, visited the site soon after the news of th bomb blast reached the Parliament where the house proceedings were on. The teams of NSG and other forensic and bombs disposal squad, too, reached the spot of incident and collected evidence that could help the investigating agencies in tracking the culprits. The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, who was away at the time of blast in Dhaka, Bangladesh, condemned the attack, and while talking to the press there, he said his heart goes out to the family members of the people who lost their lives in the blast. He urged all the political parties to cooperate and expressed hope that the government would win this war against terrorism.

Many of the foreign heads have also expressed their anger over the blast and they have also stood by the Indian side. President of France Nicolas Sarkozy has also condemned the attack. The Delhi police have issued the two sketches of the suspects and after some 26 hours of the blasts, the police have come to the conclusion that the Santro car used by the terrorists was also a stolen one and that belonged to some insurance company. The Parliament was also adjourned on Wednesday following the blast. The people also shouted anti-Rahul slogans when the Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi went to RML hospital to enquire about the injured. He had to return back following public wrath who were shouting the slogans, “Rahul go back.”

The police have traced an e-mail coming out from Kishtwar in Kashmir and they have also arrested the internet café owner. The HuJI (Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami) has claimed the responsibility of the blast. Though, the police has not ruled out the hand of Indian Mujahideen in the attack. BJP leader L K Advani has also expressed his anger over the repeated terror attacks and said the government has failed in sending a strong message to the terror groups. He wished an early recovery to all those who were injured in the blast. Janta Dal United national president Sharad Yadav has also condemned the terror attack. He said we need to fight this menace of terrorism unitedly.

Uttar Pradesh state president of the Congress party, Dr Rita Bahuguna Joshi, has also expressed her anger on this inhumanly act. She said such terror attacks would not be tolerated and such barbaric acts must be condemned in the strongest possible words. She conveyed her wishes to the injured for a speedy recovery and extended her sympathies to the members of families who lost their near and dear ones in the incident.