Pakistan has adopted terrorism as state policy: Rajnath

October 17, 2016 20:29

Mounting a scathing attack on Pakistan, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said its entire establishment is engaged in fuelling terrorism in India making management of the Indo-Pak border "challenging" and warned that "those who breed snakes get bitten by them".

He slammed Islamabad for adopting a "very flexible" approach to deal with terrorism and said if it wanted, India can help it carry out an anti-terror campaign in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Singh asserted that India is against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and does not breed any hatred towards Pakistani people.

Addressing a two-day Regional Editors Conference from north and northeast states in Chandigarh, he said, "Pakistan is so much obsessed with Kashmir that it cannot see the difference between a freedom fighter and a terrorist. When there is a talk about state and non-state actors, the argument put forward is that Pakistan is a non-state actor.

"The truth remains that the entire establishment in Pakistan is engaged in fuelling terrorism in India. And that is why managing our borders with Pakistan, as compared to other countries, has become a challenging task."

Pakistan has adopted terrorism as its state policy and is getting isolated in the entire international community, the minister said.

"Pakistan is so obsessed with some issues that it cannot do any good, nor can it see its own good. By adopting terrorism as state policy, it is isolating itself not only in south Asia, but in the entire international community.

"In BRICS' Goa declaration, terror was strongly condemned. It was stated that no state should allow its territory to be used for terror activities," he said.

He also denounced Pakistan for adopting a "very flexible" approach to deal with terrorism.

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