Pakistan should be declared a "rogue state": Rajnath

Betwa Sharma
New York, Oct 7 (PTI) Pakistan and other states from
where terrorists are operating from, should be declared "rogue
states," top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajnath Singh
has said, noting that India is still haunted by memories of
the Mumbai attacks.
"Since its (Pakistan) soil is being used for terrorism
it should be declared a rogue state or a failed state," Singh,
a former BJP president told PTI here.
"India has been a victim of terrorism for decades. The
people of India continue to pay a heavy price in our fight
against terrorism.
The haunting memories of horrific terrorist attack o
Mumbai in the year 2008, which was planned and executed from
across the border, and witnessed by the whole world on TV, are
still alive. We are determined to confront this challenges
unshakably and decisively," Singh told UN General Assembly.
If this happens, then the UNGA (United Nations General
Assembly) or the Security Council must take strong action, he
said.
"The people of India continue to pay a heavy price in
our fight against terrorism. Terrorism is a global threat and
requires a coordinated and concerted global response to combat
it." he added, noting that country was still haunted by
memories of the attack in Mumbai.
Singh, on Wednesday, opted to make his remarks in
Hindi and urged the UN to include it as one of it official
languages.
"I am just following the tradition of my leader and
former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who was the first
Indian foreign minister to give speech in Hindi at UN in
1978," he said.
In an interview later, Singh said that the Indian
government had failed to drum up sufficient international
pressure to push Pakistan into prosecuting the perpetrators of
26/11. He also criticised the US for doling out billions of
dollars in aid to Pakistan.
"Diplomatic skill has been missing on part of the
Indian government," he said, adding "the US is still giving
Pakistan billions of dollars for civilian purposes that they
are using to promote terror." (MORE) PTI BS
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