NEW DELHI – Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hit out at Pakistan yet again.
PM Modi said India will make all efforts to keep pressure on Pakistan, butit will be huge mistake to believe that the country will mend its waysanytime soon.
In an exclusive interview to ANI, Prime Minister Modi said that whether itis surgical strikes or action at other levels, the Indian government isworking out various strategies to keep up the pressure on Pakistan to checkterrorism.
Prime Minister Modi said that while India favours a dialogue and goodfriendly relations with Pakistan, it is also wary of the fact that theneighbouring country is not going to mend it ways of promoting cross borderterrorism any time soon.When asked why cross border attacks have not stopped after the surgicalstrikes PM Modi replied, ‘Whatever strategy is to be adopted, how to do, isongoing at appropriate levels, has been happening. 1965 war, war duringpartition …Ek ladai se Pakistan sudhar jayega, yeh sochne mein bahut badigalti hogi. Pakistan ko sudharne mein abhi aur samay lagega. (It will be ahuge mistake to believe that Pakistan will mend its ways after a war. Itwill take a lot of time for Pakistan to mend its ways.)
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‘India, whether under UPA or NDA government, has never opposed dialogue. Itis our consistent policy that we are in favour of dialogue. It is theconsistent policy of the country, not Modi government or Manmohan Singhgovernment. It is our consistent policy that we are ready to talk on allissues, not this issue or that issue.
Because India’s argument is strong. We only say one thing that amid thenoise of bombs and guns, the dialogue cannot be heard. Cross-borderterrorism must end. And we are persistently maintaining pressure on this,’Prime Minister said.
