NEW DELHI – Indian army chief General Bipin Rawat seems scared of anIslamic State in Pakistan.
He said on Friday that Pakistan will have to become a secular state tocoexist peacefully with India.
The remarks were made only two days after Pakistan extended an olive branchto the neighbouring country by doing groundbreaking of Kartarpur bordercorridor in a bid to ease Indian pilgrims’ visit to the shrine of GuruNanak Devji, the founder of the Sikh faith.
Addressing the ceremony, in which along with other guests Indian ministerswere also present, Prime Minister Imran Khan had proposed that if Franceand Germany can live in peace then why India and Pakistan can’t do the same.
General Rawat’s remarks were made while interacting with the local media onthe sidelines of a military ceremony in Pune earlier in the day, *TheIndian Express*link reported.
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“For this idea of countries coming together, Pakistan will have to look attheir own internal situation. Pakistan has made itself into an IslamicState. If they have to stay together with India, they will have to become asecular state. We are a secular state.
How can we stay together, when they say they are an Islamic State and thereis no role for anyone else,” Gen Rawat was quoted by the Indian mediaoutlet as saying
