PM Narendra Modi reacts to the Saurabh Kalia issue. "There is no question of insulting our martyrs who give everything to the nation. I would rather quit politics than insult our martyrs."


In a big blow to the family of Indian Army Captain Saurabh Kalia, who was tortured by the Pakistan Army in 1999 during the Kargil conflict, the Narendra Modi government has refused to move the International Court of Justice against Pakistan.


The National Democratic Alliance government has told Parliament that it has no plans to pursue the matter in the international court of law.


The government now says that moving the ICJ against Pakistan, as demanded by Kalia's family, will not be feasible.


The Centre's decision is surely to invite wrath, as the Bharatiya Janata Party had criticised the United Progressive Alliance for not acting out.


The UPA government had in 2013 told the Supreme Court that it is bound by Simla Agreement of 1972, so it can't treat Saurabh Kalia's case as a war crime.