India slams Pak as Parliament attack mastermind resurfaces, calls for jihad

February 21, 2014 17:30

India has slammed Pakistan for allowing terrorist Masood Azhar, accused of planning the brazen attack on the Indian Parliament in December 2001, to address an anti-India rally in late January.

Soon after Pakistan's foreign office sought to play down as a "one time event" reports that Azhar had called for "jihad" or holy war against India at the rally, New Delhi said, "Once is once too many times...We have zero tolerance for terrorists."

The Ministry of External Affairs said it was "concerned that a terrorist who is banned is able to spew venom on India," pointing out that Azhar's Jaish e Mohammad is "a terrorist organisation banned by India, the US and more importantly by Pakistan." Read more

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