Chennai | Addressing a gathering at FICCI in Chennai on the occasion of Women’s Day, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman slammed Pakistan for its inaction against the terrorism.
Sitharaman talked about the massive funding that goes to the terrorist organizations,”One thing is very clear Pakistan wasn’t acting on terrorists. It continues to be the country where terrorists are trained, funded, supported by military establishment and sent across. Its theory of using non-state actors to keep terrorism going on continues without disturbance”, as quoted by the ANI.
Referring to the attack in Pakistan by the Indian Air Force on the alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed’s training camp in Balakot, she said,” We took the decision to hit that nerve centre which was training, funding and giving capacity to what they call Fidayeen. Since we had enough intel information to say that that’s where it is coming out of, we acted on terror so that no longer goes unattended”.
“It was not a military action, it was a targeted attack on terrorists which actually Pakistan should have done, they didn’t”, she added.
She further talked about actions carried out by India and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a global isolation of Pakistan.
Sitharaman’s remarks come amid a rising uproar in the country over the demand of proof of the damage inflicted in Balakot.
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