Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that any attack on India will be met with a strong response and no distinction will be made between terrorists and their perpetrators. Mr Modi said this while sharing an article penned by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for a news daily, reaffirming India’s zero-tolerance for cross-border terrorism.
In his article, the Defence Minister laid out India’s position of zero-tolerance of Pak-sponsored terrorism and assured retaliation against it. Mr Singh highlighted that talks and terrorism cannot go hand-in-hand. Any future dialogue with Pakistan will focus solely on terrorism and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Mr Singh mentioned that if Pakistan is serious, it must hand over UN-designated terrorists like Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar. He further added that terrorism is not just an Indian problem; it’s a global problem. To effectively dismantle terrorist networks, the world needs to move beyond piecemeal efforts.
The Minister also suggested five ways the global community can fight terror including defining the term ‘terrorism’, freeze finances of terrorist organisations and its sponsors, and calling out countries that use surrogates to destabilise their neighbourhood.
