"Today, due to the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Tahawwur Rana is being extradited, and the punishment for his actions will be decided in the country's court," he added.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday participated in the 39th Sub-Junior Boys National Handball Championship held in the Keonjhar district. The event, which spans three days, has brought together budding handball talents from across the country.
Sunita's comments came as the accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana is being brought to India for trial after US Supreme Court rejected Rana's plea to stay his extradition to India, exhausting all judicial options.
Israeli Ambassador to India Reuven Azar expressed his support for the extradition of Tahawwur Rana, accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, and commended India's "persistence in bringing the terrorists to justice."
"Let the facts be clear: 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," Chidambaram added.
Former Israeli Ambassador to India Daniel Carmon welcomed the extradition of 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana, calling it a major diplomatic and judicial victory for India.
K Unnikrishnan, the father of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, the National Security Guard commando killed while fighting terrorists during the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai, said the extradition of 26/11 Mumbai attacks accused Tahawwur Rana is India's "diplomatic success."
"Prime Minister Modi had said that we will make India terror-free, and this is the biggest proof that those hiding anywhere in the world will be brought to India and punished," Sinha told reporters.
Pakistan has distanced itself from the 2008 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana and said that it is "very clear" that he is of Canadian nationality.
Reacting to the extradition of 26/11 Mumbai attacks accused Tahawwur Rana, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Thursday said that Centre has been keeping a close watch on people who are against the country since Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed the office.