Pakistan Betrays Peace Efforts Time And Again: All-Party Delegation Member SS Ahluwalia

BJP chief SS Ahluwalia, who is a part of the all-party delegation led by way of Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde, on Saturday mirrored on Pakistan’s repeated betrayal, mentioning the Kargil War following the Lahore Declaration throughout former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s reign.

Speaking at an interplay with the Indian diaspora in Freetown, Sierra Leone, the BJP chief mirrored on India’s continual efforts to foster peace with Pakistan, noting that the neighbour simplest indulges in terrorism in opposition to India and no longer thru standard warfare, simply to weaken the rustic.

“Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee used to say that it’s the geography that Pakistan is our neighbour and we cannot change it, but we can bring the change and can make Pakistan our friend. That’s why during the Lahore Declaration, he travelled to Lahore by bus; but what happened after that – Kargil happened… Time and again, we try to have an agreement and send a message of peace, but Pakistan always betrays us. Pakistan doesn’t indulge in a conventional war with us but terrorism, as it wants to weaken us,” Ahluwalia mentioned.

His remarks, delivered as a part of a broader diplomatic project by way of an all-party delegation, have been echoed by way of delegation participants BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj and BJD MP Sasmit Patra, who emphasized India’s company reaction to Pakistan-sponsored terrorism thru Operation Sindoor, reflecting the rustic’s an increasing number of assertive stance at the world level.

Swaraj emphasized India’s remodeled means following the Pahalgam terror assault, noting that there used to be a “paradigm shift” in how India handles Pakistan’s backed terrorism.

“This is the new India that doesn’t stop, it doesn’t bow, and it doesn’t forgive. It’s the new India that has brought a paradigm shift and said that we will give a befitting reply… We are capable enough to do whatever is needed to do against the Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, but we know that terrorism is not a regional issue but a global issue, and hence, these all-party delegations are travelling to different nations for a diplomatic mission,” Swaraj stated.

BJD MP Sasmit Patra additionally added an emotional narrative, recounting how the terrorists simplest killed the husbands and left the other halves in order that they may inform what came about to them there.

Patra famous that following this, Operation Sindoor happened, which focused 9 terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), killing greater than 100 terrorists within the procedure.

“Sometimes, when we come together in this sense of solidarity… This sense came about on April 22 after Pahalgam… A terrorist comes across, asks the husband his religion, he says his religion and the terrorist shoots him. The wife turns around and asks, ‘Kill me as well; why should I live?’… The terrorist turns around and tells that lady, ‘I will not kill you. Go and tell this to your government.’ She told, and then Operation Sindoor came. We went and struck them inside Pakistan. This is the new India… Believe that this is the new India and you are the face of the new India,” the BJD MP stated.

The delegation led by way of Shinde additionally comprises BJP MP Atul Garg and Manan Kumar Mishra, Indian Union Muslim League’s ET Mohammed Basheer and previous Ambassador Sujan Chinoy.

The delegation goals to transient world companions on India’s reaction to the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault and its broader struggle in opposition to cross-border terrorism whilst attractive with leaders.