Various political parties today slammed Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for his speech in United Nations glorifying terrorists and demanded a strong Indian response against it at world fora, even as BJP sought that Pakistan be declared a terrorist state.
Congress slammed Sharif for his Kashmir rant and for glorifying terrorist Burhan Wani at the UN while demanding External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj give a strong and befitting reply during her address at the world body, other parties also joined Congress in attacking Sharif.
BJP demanded that Pakistan be declared a terrorist state, alleging that its Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif spoke like the "supreme commander" of Hizbul Mujahideen and openly campaigned for terrorists at UN General Assembly.
The RSS also attacked Pakistan for committing atrocities in Baluchistan, Sindh and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK) and said its misadventure in Kashmir, where it is making Kashmiris kill their own people, will bring destruction to Pakistan.
The Congress demanded that the government build a strong and factual case for India in front of the International community and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consult all parties before deciding on "concrete and tangible steps" in the wake of Pakistani onslaught.
"Conspiratorial omission to Uri Attack in his speech is a public admission of guilt by Pakistan, of its direct involvement in this act of cowardice. There was nothing new in his address, except glorification of terrorists and extremism which Pakistan has adopted as 'state policy'," Congress' chief spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala said here.
In "glorifying" a terrorist like Burhan Wani, a Hizbul Mujahideen commander who was killed in an encounter with security forces on July 8, Sharif only reiterated where his and his country's sympathies and support lies, he added.
"The international community must now understand fully that it is not only terrorists in Kashmir that Pakistan supports but its state policy is to provide an umbrella support and sustenance to all those who wreck havoc across the world," Surjewala added.
"If you look at Nawaz Sharif's speech, Kashmir occupies half the space. In some way, this entire approach by Sharif undermines the Uri attack, because on one hand you want to talk in terms of human rights violations and you want to put your neighbouring country in the dock. But the world has seen that you are exporting terrorists and militants to that country," senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said.
BJP general secretary Ram Madhav said, "Nawaz Sharif at the United Nations yesterday was at his pathetic best. He talked not like the supreme commander of Pakistan, but he talked like the supreme commander of Hizbul Mujahideen.
"It clearly shows that there is no need for any further
explanation. Pakistan should straight away be declared a terrorist state", Madhav said.
Sharif was openly campaigning for one of his terror commanders Burhan Wani of Hizbul Mujahideen, he said adding "It is so pathetic to see the Prime Minister of Pakistan campaigning for the cause of UN designated terror organisation."
Madhav also said that India has already given a befitting response to Pakistan at the diplomatic level and would respond accordingly to its Uri misadventure at various levels.
Describing Pakistan as a 'renegade state' that has emerged as the 'central processing unit' (CPU) of global terror, Surjewala said in what has now become habitual, Sharif again invoked Kashmir at a multilateral forum, despite Pakistan being a signatory to the Shimla Accord.
"We urge upon the Prime Minister and the government to consult all political parties in taking a concrete and tangible step on this," he added.
RSS leader Indresh Kumar said thousands of people have been killed in Baluchistan, Sindh and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir and lakhs have been displaced there and all this would prove costly for Pakistan.
"Pakistan is trying to get Kashmiris killed by Kashmiris. Nawaz Sharif's tune on Kashmir is not in sync and Pakistan's misadventure in Kashmir will lead to its own destruction," he told
