Hoshiarpur (Punjab), July 25 - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday refused to comment on former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf's remarks that the Kargil conflict in 1999 was a 'big success' for Pakistan as it forced India to start talks on the Kashmir issue.

'No comments,' was the blunt reply of the Indian home minister when asked about Musharraf's comments made in an interview to a TV news channel recently.

Chidambaram was at the Border Security Force (BSF) training camp at Kharkan near this Punjab town, 150 km from Chandigarh, Saturday to take the salute at the passing out parade of the first batch of nearly 180 women recruits who would guard the international border with their male counterparts.

Musharraf, who was the army chief of Pakistan in 1999, had said in the interview that the Kargil operation was a 'big success' as it forced India to come to the negotiating table on Kashmir,

'Yes, indeed, it was a big success because it had (an) impact even on the attitude of the Indian side.