Difficult to stop terror attacks all the time, says Rahul Gandh

A day after serial blasts rocked Mumbai, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday it was impossible to stop all terror attacks.

Addressing a press conference at Bhubaneswar, the Congress MP called for efforts to stop terrorist attacks in the country.

Rahul said that 99 per cent of the terror attacks had been stopped in the country, thanks to various measures, including improved intelligence.

"Over the last couple of years we have taken profound steps. We have improved in leaps and bounds. But terrorism is impossible to stop all the time," the Congress leader said.

He further said, "We work towards defeating it, but it is very difficult to stop all the attacks. Even in US they are being attacked in Afghanistan."

Referring to Wednesday's attack, Gandhi said the response of the government was prompt. "We are responding to it in a quite organised fashion."

Two days after the fifth anniversary of the 7/11 serial bombings, three explosions shook Mumbai on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than hundred. All the blasts occurred at Mumbai's crowded market places in the peak rush hour.

Rahul is on a two-day visit to Orissa beginning Wednesday to strengthen the grassroots base of the party.