India, April 10 -- The extradition of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks accused Tahawwur Rana from the US has sparked a political slugfest with the Congress claiming that the process was started during the UPA rule in 2009 and, therefore, the NDA government should not take the entire credit.

the Modi government did not initiate this process, nor did it secure any new breakthrough. It merely benefited from the mature, consistent, and strategic diplomacy begun under the UPA," former Union minister P Chidambaram said in a statement, available with the media.

Asked about the matter this evening, Chidambaram stood by his statement. "They (the NDA government) can take credit for what they have done now. But they should also give credit to the previ...