India rejected the offer with disdain on Sunday and said Pakistan has already exported enough terrorism to the Indian state.
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Speaking at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia, Jaishankar said: “At times, domestic politics of our neighbours pose challenges. We’ve learnt to be patient”.
“The terrorism issue has become so central between the two countries that it makes the relationship hard to grow… It can’t go on like this”, Naidu said at the sidelines of an event here.
Commenting on India’s relationship with its neighbour, Jaishankar said, “Problem is that the terrorism issue has become so central to the relationship that it makes the relationship hard to grow”.
“They are trying to give us lectures about Kashmir, that’s why we have told them what is happening in Balochistan, PoK and Gilgit”.
The remarks of Modi had also been criticised by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto who termed them highly provocative, irresponsible and inflammatory for the people of Pakistan.
Pakistan on Monday encouraged India for discussions on Kashmir, saying it’s the “international duty” of the states to conclude the problem insistence that it’d talk on important” problems and “modern in Indo Pak relationships.
The head of communication department of Congress, Randeep Surjewala said that All such issues of humar rights violation in PoK need to be raised and need to be solved out.
Modi also said he had received messages of support from Balochistan, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit.
“It perfectly natural”, they said, adding Modi’s comments reflected that he was troubled by the human rights situation in Balochistan and the excesses committed by the Pakistani military.
“It did not come out of the blue”.
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday appeared to be in tune with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s assertion that “going to Pakistan is like going to hell” and said it is well-known to everybody that democracy is non-functional in Islamabad.
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Modi’s speech on August 15, India’s Independence Day, sparked protests across Balochistan, with large numbers of tribesmen taking to the streets in protest in Dera Bugti, Khuzdar, Quetta, Chaman and other parts of the province.
