Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that those behind the despicable act will not go unpunished.
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Events that were unrelated to post Uri developments were also linked to the current atmosphere, including the contract India signed for the purchase of 36 new French Rafale jets and UAV Indian Air Force lost after it crash landed in Jaisalmer on Wednesday.
#1. India exports software, Pakistan exports terrorists to other countries. “Let s declare war on infant mortality and maternal deaths”.
Acknowledging that there is an atmosphere of anger in the country over the attack, Modi accused the “rulers” in Pakistan of reading out the scripts written by patrons of terrorists, an apparent reference to its Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s speech at the United Nations. You are unable to manage PoK, Sindh, Gilgit- Baltistan and Balochistan, and you are talking of Kashmir…
He alleged that Pakistan was behaving like a spoiler of Asia’s future.
Mr Modi spoke in Hindi and in an unusual concession allowed an interpreter for the mostly Malayalam-speaking party workers. He said the people of Kerala are seen with respect in the country and the world. I don’t think I can go to Pakistan to entertain those who murdered our soldiers.
On September 18, 18 Indian military personnel were killed when four commando-style gunmen burst into the brigade headquarters near the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector. His challenge appeared to be directed at the terrorists, and not so much at Pakistan.
Sharif said that India hastily blamed Pakistan without any investigation. Talks of spy arrests and allegations of terrorism against one another on global platforms have added further fuel to an already raging fire.
He also made a direct appeal to the people of Pakistan. While the army, navy and air force of both countries are laying down their strategies, a war of words has already begun online and in the media.
The speech clearly disappointed the hawks in the establishment.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had been conferring with his top military commanders to look into the possibility of overt or covert military strikes in Pakistan, apparently backed down on Saturday when he talked about isolating Pakistan diplomatically. He said the country was waiting to hear his response to the tragedy of the soldiers in Uri.
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The Prime Minister said he can see a lot of potential to make sure that the 21st century becomes Asia’s 21st century, adding that all the countries in Asia are working for it, except one.
