A BJP MP today underscored the need for adopting a policy of "strict reciprocity" with Pakistan, after a military court in the neighbouring country sentenced Kulbhushan Jadhav to death.
BJP Lok Sabha MP and former Home Secretary R K Singh said that a number of Pakistanis are arrested every month while carrying out terror activities in the country and if India started behaving the same way, all of them will hang.
"International relations are carried out on the basis of reciprocity. And strict reciprocity, in my view, is the best course to adopt. In this (Jadhav) case also, we need to adopt the course of strict reciprocity," Singh said.
He said Pakistan needs to understand that India arrests a number of Pakistanis every month with weapons.
"Pakistanis will come across to the valley to carry out terrorist attacks with Ak-47s, grenade launchers etc. They are put on trial, they are put on 10-12 years and then they go back.
"If this (Jadhav) sort of thing happens and we (India) start behaving the same way, all of them will hang. We will set up a special court, we will change the law. Pakistan needs to keep this in mind," he said.
Jadhav was awarded the death sentence by a Pakistani military court after declaring him a "spy".
Amid outrage in Parliament, India today said it will go "out of the way" to ensure justice to Jadhav and warned Pakistan that his execution will have consequences for bilateral ties.
The issue also resonated in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, where all parties came together to condemn the development and pressed the government to take every step to help Jadhav.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in Parliament said Jadhav's execution will be taken by India as a "pre- meditated murder" and Pakistan should consider its consequences on bilateral relations if it proceeds on the matter.
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