‘Pakistan never learns,’ Rajnath Singh tells Indian parliament
In response to Nisar's statement on Thursday, Rajnath terms Pakistan as the biggest violator of human rights. PHOTO SOURCE: ZEE NEWS
A day after Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar assailed India for violating fundamental rights of Kashmiris, Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh retaliated by calling Pakistan the biggest violator of human rights.
Singh was briefing the Indian parliament on his short visit to Islamabad for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Interior Ministers’ meeting.
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“All our PMs have done their best to improve relations with our neighbours, but this neighbour never learns,” Singh told the parliament while praising the efforts of all Indian prime ministers.
In response to Nisar’s statement on Thursday, Singh termed Pakistan “the biggest violator of human rights”. He further added that at the Saarc huddle, India had taken a strong stand against terrorism and urged all members to take strong action not just against terrorists but also those who supported terrorism, NDTV reported.
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The Indian home minister also claimed that “reporters who had come from India were not allowed to enter.” However, he added, “I will not comment (on) whether Pakistan was right or wrong in not allowing coverage. I did not register any protest there. I will need to ask the foreign ministry about protocol of past occasions.”
Rajnath said he also skipped a luncheon meeting, “as he had not gone there to have lunch,” The Indian Express reported.
“It is true that the Pakistan interior minister invited everyone for lunch. But then he left in his car. I also left. I have no complaints or grudges as I had not gone there to have lunch,” Singh stated.
Nisar on Thursday termed violence on Kashmiris by Indian security forces as “terrorism.”
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Addressing a one-day meeting of home ministers from countries belonging to South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc), Nisar said there was a difference between fighting for freedom and terrorism.
“We have seen brute force being used against unarmed civilians. It is important to respect fundamental rights of people and not suppress (a) freedom struggle in the name of fighting against terrorism,” Nisar had said during his address at the meeting.
This article originally appeared on NDTV.
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