Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh says that India is ready to embrace Pakistan and start a process of dialogue with it, but Pakistan will have to guarantee that it will not ‘promote terrorism’ in India. Will stop giving.
Pakistan has been rejecting India’s allegations of militancy, saying that Pakistan itself is a victim of militancy and that its security forces and people have ‘sacrificed’ thousands of lives to eradicate it.
Addressing election rallies in the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir towns of Kotarnka and Sunderbani on Sunday, Rajnath Singh said, “They (Congress and PDP) are advocating dialogue with Pakistan, a country that is is, which is aiding and abetting ‘terrorism’ in Jammu and Kashmir. Terrorism and dialogue cannot go together but if Pakistan guarantees that it will stop promoting terrorism on Indian soil, we are ready to accept it and start dialogue.’
In videos of the rallies, the Indian Defense Minister can be heard saying that ‘Pakistan-sponsored ‘terrorism’ has claimed thousands of lives in Jammu and Kashmir, of which 80 percent are Muslims.’
Referring to Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif’s alleged remarks that Pakistan and the Congress alliance were on the same page regarding Article 370 of the Constitution, he said poverty-stricken Pakistan was interfering in India’s internal affairs.
Rajnath Singh said that ‘Pakistani leader’s absurd statement is tantamount to interference in our internal affairs. Pakistan has become an international brand of poverty and misery. He is unable to manage his own affairs but is preoccupied with India’s internal affairs.’
He said: ‘Be assured that terrorism will be eradicated from Jammu and Kashmir and BJP is ready to create a new Jammu and Kashmir.
Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh lauded the people of Jammu and Kashmir for their strong participation in the first phase of the assembly elections scheduled for September 18.
He said that after the abrogation of Article 370, Pakistan is feeling pain in its stomach after seeing the flourishing of democracy in the Union Territory.
Earlier on Sunday, India’s Home Minister Amit Shah took a tough stand on Pakistan-India relations and said that the central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not hold any talks with Pakistan until the complete end of ‘terrorism’. will not be included.
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Addressing an election meeting of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly in Nowshera, Kashmir, Amit Shah criticized the opposition’s demands to restore Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
Amit Shah asserted that ‘Farooq Abdullah says he will bring back Article 370. Farooq sir, no one can bring back Article 370. Bunkers are no longer needed because no one dares to shoot. If a bullet comes from Pakistan, it will be answered with a bullet.’
Pakistan’s position
According to the Pakistani Urdu newspaper Jang, Pakistan’s Foreign Office rejected the accusations of Indian leaders and said that ‘Kashmiri people will not allow New Delhi to play with their destiny.’
Pakistani Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said during the weekly briefing on September 19, 2024 that the local elections held in Indian-administered Kashmir under the Indian Constitution have no importance in the eyes of international laws and the community and in the region. The deployment of a large number of security forces is questioning the entire process.
“Thousands of political leaders are imprisoned and 14 political parties have been banned. In such a situation, Pakistan continued to provide political, diplomatic and moral support to its Kashmiri brothers and sisters until the Kashmir issue is resolved in the light of UN resolutions.
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2024-09-24 02:41:23
