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| PM asks Pak to take stern steps to end cross-border terror | | | New Delhi | Aug 16:
In a blunt message to those responsible for acts of terror, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today declared that "no one can make India kneel" and told Pakistan that the success of the peace initiatives depended on the concrete steps it took to stop cross-border terrorism from any territory within its control.
With Mumbai blasts and continued terror acts in Jammu and Kashmir weighing heavily on his mind, he said Government will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that terrorist elements in the country were "neutralised and smashed".
In his third Independence Day address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort, he also told political parties to shun the politics of divisiveness and work together to build a "consensus" on national issues.
"We need a politics that will propel us forward. We need a politics that will guide us to new frontiers, take us to new horizons," he said adding "I urge all our political leaders to think deeply about the future of our country.. our political parties and leaders must learn ...To build a consensus around national issues".
Declaring that India wanted to live in a neighbourhood of peace, stability and prosperity, 73-year old Singh mentioned Pakistan and said unless it took "concrete steps" to prevent cross-border terrorism from "any territory within its control, public opinion in India, which has supported the peace process, will be undermined".
Affirming Government's resolve to do its utmost to preserve the country's unity and integrity, Singh said in his 45-minute address "let those who want to hurt us by inflicting a thousand cuts remember--no one can break our will, our unity. No one can make India kneel". |
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