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Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s address to the UN General Assembly was condemned by parties across India’s political spectrum, with the ruling NDA and the Opposition parties berating the neighbouring country for glorifying terrorists and adopting terrorism as a State policy.
BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav said it was pathetic to see Sharif championing the cause of a UN-designated terrorist organisation. “Nawaz Sharif with his speech yesterday established everything that India has been saying about him and the government in Pakistan,” Madhav told a news agency.
Shiv Sena leader and MP Sanjay Raut said Sharif had insulted the Indian Army by calling slain Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani a people’s leader. “Wani was a terrorist and is a terrorist for us. He was killed by the Indian Army because he was a militant,” Raut said.
Severe all ties: Shiv Sena “The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi should be closed. [Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul] Basit should be sent back to Islamabad. We should not have any kind of relations with Pakistan,” he added.
Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said that by omitting the Uri attack in his speech, Sharif betrayed guilt , and its direct involvement in this act of cowardice. “There was nothing new in his address, except glorification of terrorists and extremism which Pakistan has adopted as a State policy,” Surjewala said.
“Is it not a fact that the masterminds of the 26/11 Mumbai Attack, Udhampur, Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Pampore and Uri Attacks operate from Pakistani soil with complete impunity? Is it not a fact that hundreds of dreaded international terrorists of the ilk of Maulana Masood Azhar, Hafiz Saeed, Dawood Ibrahim are operating under the tutelage of rogue agencies like ISI? Is it not a fact that terrorism from Pakistani soil is not only emanating against India, but also against neighbours like Afghanistan and Bangladesh? Has the world forgotten that Osama Bin Laden found shelter in Abbottabad, Pakistan next to an Army garrison? The travesty is that Pakistan still has the audacity to speak on terrorism,” he added.
He said the Congress expects the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to give a strong and a befitting reply to Sharif’s address, when she addresses the UNGA on Monday.
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