Declaring that India will not bow before terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday asked the youth who have taken to violence to join the mainstream even as he brought up Pakistani atrocities on people of Balochistan and PoK
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
New Delhi: Declaring that India will not bow before terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday asked the youth who have taken to violence to join the mainstream even as he brought up Pakistani atrocities on people of Balochistan and PoK, saying that they have thanked him to do so.
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Though Modi did not make any reference to Kashmir valley, which is witnessing violence after the killing of Hizbul Commander Burhan Wani, he accused Pakistan of glorifying terrorists and celebrating killings in India. In his 93-minute Independence Day address to the nation amidst tight security, Modi said, "From the ramparts of the Red Fort, I want to express my gratitude to some people - the people of Balochistan, Gilgit and Pak-occupied-Kashmir- for the way they whole-heartedly thanked me, the way they expressed gratitude to me, the way they conveyed their goodwill to me recently."
This is for the first time the disturbed areas in the control of Pakistan have been mentioned by any Prime Minister during his Independence speech. The remarks also come in the backdrop of recent comments by Modi during an all-party meet on Kashmir that the time had come to expose the atrocities committed "by our neighbouring nation" in Balochistan and the areas of J&K under its illegal occupation.
"When children were killed in terror attack on a school in Peshawar (about two years back), there were tears in our Parliament. Indian children were traumatised. This is the example of our humanity. But look at the other side where terrorism is glorified," Modi said.
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