Pakistan on Saturday rejected Indian criticism of Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto’s remarks calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi the “butcher of Gujarat”, saying no words could hide the crimes of “saffron terrorists” in the country.
Bilawal Bhutto’s statement during the press conference at the United Nations angered the Indian government and anti-Pakistan flared up in New Delhi.
Responding to the questions of the media regarding the statement of the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday, Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that “with its statement, the Indian government has tried to hide the facts of the 2002 Gujarat massacre.” It is a shameful story of mass murder, lynching, rape and looting. The fact is that the masterminds of the Gujarat massacre have escaped justice and are now holding important government positions in India.
In its statement, the Foreign Office said that the ruling party’s political ideology of Hindutva has created an atmosphere of hatred, division and exclusion.
“The culture of immunity is now deeply embedded in Hindutva-driven politics in India. The acquittal of the masterminds and perpetrators of the dastardly attack on the Delhi-Lahore Samjhauta Express, in which 40 Pakistani nationals died on Indian soil, is a massacre of justice. reflects the RSS-BJP split,” the statement said.
The FO also said that demonetisation and intimidation of religious minorities was state-sponsored in states across India, adding that Hindutva supremacists have been involved in cow protection, vandalism of places of worship, and attacks on religious gatherings. is designed to
“As it presents a false narrative of victimhood, it is itself a perpetrator of repression in India’s illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and a sponsor of terrorist groups in South Asia,” the statement said. And is financially supportive.”
Just this week, a dossier was released containing incontrovertible evidence confirming India’s involvement in a 2021 terror attack in a peaceful neighborhood in Lahore, the FO said.
It added that evidence gathered with international support confirms that the Lahore attack was instigated, planned and financed by the Indian state.
“The MEA’s statement is also a reflection of India’s growing frustration at its failure to denigrate and isolate Pakistan. In October, it failed to block Pakistan’s removal from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) gray list and “Following the international recognition of Pakistan’s counter-terrorism efforts, India is aggressively using international platforms to further its agenda of defaming and targeting Pakistan,” the statement said. .
“For a country with a grand vision of itself and its place in the world, India is pursuing a policy of leniency towards its neighbours. We believe the international community will see this face and the RSS-BJP To turn South’s dream, the Foreign Office added that Asia would remain unrealistic in its image.
