Pakistan has rejected the statement of the Indian Ministry of ExternalAffairs on Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s remarks about IndianPrime Minister Narendra Modi saying that no verbosity can conceal thecrimes of ‘Saffron terrorists’ in India while insisting that themasterminds of the Gujarat massacre have escaped justice and now hold keygovernment positions in India.
In a press release issued on Saturday, the Pakistan Foreign Officespokesperson said: “With its statement, the Indian Government has tried tohide behind subterfuge and canard to conceal the realities of the 2002Gujarat massacre. It is a shameful story of a mass killings, lynching, rapeand plunder. The fact of the matter is that the masterminds of the Gujaratmassacre have escaped justice and now hold key government positions inIndia.
No verbosity can hide the crimes of the “Saffron terrorists” in India.Hindutva, the political ideology of the ruling party, has given rise to aclimate of hate, divisiveness and impunity, the FO said.
The culture of impunity is now deeply embedded in Hindutva-driven polity inIndia. The acquittal of the mastermind and perpetrators of the heinousattack on Delhi-Lahore Samjhota Express, that killed 40 Pakistani nationalson Indian soil, demonstrates the massacre of justice under the RSS-BJPdispensation. Intimidation and demonization of religious minoritiesreceives official patronage in states across India. Hindutva supremacistshave been unleashed to exercise cow vigilantism, ransack places of worship,and attack religious congregations.
As it peddles a fictitious narrative of victimhood, it is itself aperpetrator of repression in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmirand a sponsor and financier of terrorist groups in South Asia.
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Only this week, a dossier was released containing irrefutable evidence thatsubstantiated India’s involvement in the 2021 terrorist attack in apeaceful Lahore neighborhood. The evidence gathered with internationalsupport confirms that the Lahore attack was instigated, planned andfinanced by the Indian state.
The Ministry of External Affairs statement is also a reflection of India’sgrowing frustration over its failure in maligning and isolating Pakistan.After being unable to prevent Pakistan’s exit from FATF Grey List inOctober and international recognition of Pakistan’s counterterrorismefforts, India is desperately using international platforms to advance itsagenda to defame and target Pakistan.
