PM rejects Pak charges against India on Balochistan as false

Mumbai, Oct 11 (PTI) Prime Minister of India Manmohan
Singh Sunday categorically rejected as "false" Pakistan's
charges blaming India for terrorism in Balochistan and
emphatically said the country is not in the business of
"spreading" terror.

Singh on the other hand sent a strong message to that
country saying, "Pakistan should realise the great harm that
patronisation of terrorist groups has done to South Asia."

Replying to a pointed question on Pakistan Interior
Minister Rehman Malik's allegation that India was arming
militants in Balochistan, Singh said,"This is entirely wrong."

"We are not in the business of spreading terror in
Pakistan or in any other country. We are not in that business.
And the Government of Pakistan and the people will jolly well
know that their accusations are false accusations," Singh told
a press conference here.

On the situation in the neighbourhood, the Prime Minister
said, "We have to make adequate preparations to deal with the
consequences of this overflow of terrorism from the
neighbourhood to our country.

"We are taking all necessary steps in that direction but
it is still my belief that particularly Pakistan and the
people and Government of Pakistan should realise the great
harm and (their) patronisation of terror groups have done to
the South Asian region," he said.
"We need a neighbourhood of peace, friendliness and I
will be the last one to say that, I think, if these conditions
prevail (like) today in our neighbourhood in Pakistan and in
Afghanistan the situation is not what it should be."

He was replying to a query about the recent blast outside
the Indian Embassy in Kabul and the terror attack at the
Pakistan army headquarters in Rawalpindi.
On domestic issues, Singh refused to bracket Naxals with
terrorists and ruled out use of armed forces against them.
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