“It is necessary to take all effective steps against states or non-state actors encouraging or supporting terrorism”.
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“There should be strongest of action not only against terrorists but also against organisations, individuals and nations who support terror”, Singh said.
“I urged Saarc members that terrorists should not be glorified or patronised”, he said. The media personnel from DD, ANI and PTI reporters who had come from India were not allowed to enter.
But it’s anyone’s guess that the Indian Home Minister was hinting at Pakistan, Hafiz Saeed and his outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawah, which is linked to the Lashkar-e-Toiba.
“A terrorist in one nation can not be a martyr or freedom fighter for anyone”, he said. “An immediate and effective action is required against all those who support or encourage global terrorism in any way, whether they are state actors or non-state”.
Tearing into the government’s Pakistan policy, he said Pakistan routinely insults India, and the Modi government rolls out the “red carpet”, first for the Pakistan Prime Minister and then for the ISI as was witnessed after the Pathankot terror attack.
“We must have the approach of “zero tolerance” against any type of terrorism. Only this will ensure the forces engaged in promoting the heinous crime of terrorism against humanity are effectively countered”.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh today repeated his message to Pakistan as he briefed Parliament on his trip to Islamabad for a SAARC conference which was overshadowed by the unrest in Jammu and Kashmir. Khan had organised the lunch for the visiting dignitaries.
“It is true that the Pakistan interior minister invited everyone for lunch. I, keeping in mind India’s interests, also chose to skip the lunch”.
“The violence being committed against the innocent people of Indian Kashmir is open terrorism”, Nisar said during his extempore address as Pakistan’s interior minister.
Evading media pressure, Singh had yesterday said that he had placed India’s point of view across Pakistan, adding all information can be gathered from his speech which is now in the public domain.
Indian opposition parties also criticised Pakistan for an alleged “blackout” of Singh’s speech on his turn during the conference.
India described the reports of blackout as “misleading”.
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At the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) conference of Interior/Home Ministers here, though both sides did not rake up the Kashmir issue, the reference to it was as clear as daylight.
