Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 25: Seeing Pakistan being isolated, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday warned it to stop terrorism or would be called sponsoring terrorism.
Following the suicide attack, the world closed ranks behind India. Even as Pakistan found itself internationally isolated, especially with a defensive China, the country's biggest ally, also falling in line, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an unprecedented action, authorized the Indian security forces to fashion a response on their terms and at a timing of their choice.
"The sacrifice of our jawans will not go in vain. The armed forces have been given the permission to plan, decide the place, time, and nature. Our neighbouring country is forgetting that this is a Bharat of nayi niti (new policy) and nayi reeti (new convention). The horrendous nature of the attacks will be accounted for," he told the rally in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.
While Farooq on Monday asked Pakistan to eliminate terrorism from its soil or will be called it is sponsoring for terrorism.
"Pakistan shall make efforts to eliminate terrorism from its soil. If they don't do that then Pakistan would be called as sponsor for terrorism," he said in his address at the party headquarters here, where former bureaucrat Farooq Ahmad Shah joined the National Conference.
While his son, Omar Abdullah warned that the situation would become "worse" than Arunachal Pradesh if attempts were made to fiddle with Article 35-A.
Violence in Arunachal Pradesh capital Itanagar began on Thursday as a protest against the probability of granting Permanent Residence Certificate (PRC) to members of six communities.
Omar said that his party welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement denouncing attacks on Kashmiris in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack.
"Although it took him too long to come out against the unwarranted and targeted violence being orchestrated against Kashmiris putting up across the country. But these won't make any difference unless these words are put into implementation," he said.
He said that Kashmiris don't support the violence and gun. "But conspiracies are being hatched to target the state. What is our fault? Who so ever talks about dialogue is being labeled as anti-national. India and Saudi Arabia issued a joint statement that composite dialogue shall be held," he said. |
