“Whenever there is terrorism, we will consider it as war”: BJP MP Brij Lal echoes India’s stand at global level
Tokyo [Japan], May 24 (ANI): BJP MP Brij Lal, who is a part of an all-party delegation visiting Japan, highlighted the extensive evidence linking Pakistan to numerous terror attacks in India during the interaction of the Indian Community there on Saturday (local time).
Lal underscored the impact of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism on India’s development, citing specific incidents and the strategic response under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s zero-tolerance policy.
Lal stated that a country can’t be developed without peace, noting that Pakistan has been causing all these terror attacks to disrupt the peace in India.
“A country becomes developed when there is peace, there is law and order. If there is no law and order, one can’t be developed. No investor would like to come here… Pakistan has always tried to create such disturbances, so no investors come to the country… There have been a number of incidents of Pakistan doing terrorist attacks in our country… There are terrorist organisations in Pakistan, mainly Jaish-e-Mohammed, headed by Masood Azhar; Lashkar-e-Taiba, headed by Hafiz Saeed; and Hizbul Mujahideen, headed by Syed Salahuddin. Apart from that, there are many other organisations," he stated.
Further, he highlighted several instances when Pakistan-sponsored terrorism attacks occurred in different parts of India.
“Also on the orders of Pakistan’s ISI and its government, they created the Indian Mujahideen… It was the proxy of LeT… Indian Mujahideen attacked the Indian Science Congress in 2005 in Bangalore, as they couldn’t attack ISRO due to high security at the place… A professor of IIT Delhi was killed… On 1st January, 2008, they attacked and killed seven CRPF personnel and we captured all the terrorists, out of which two were Pakistanis," Brij Lal said.
“In 26/11, 171 people were killed, out of which two were IPS Officers… We captured Kasab, who was from Pakistan… Pakistan denied it, but Pakistani media went to Kasab’s village there… We have a lot of evidence (against Pakistan)… They continued their attacks to make the Country unsafe so that no one comes to the Country… My point is there is a lot of evidence against Pakistan," Lal added.
Highlighting India’s response against terrorism under PM Modi, the BJP MP said, “When PM Modi came (to power) in 2014, he had a zero-tolerance policy against terrorism, and accordingly, we did a surgical strike in 2016, did the same in 2019 in Balakot and again retaliated on April 22… They know they can’t win against India one-on-one. So they planned to give 1000 cuts to India so that India bleeds… but now we have taken the decision and attacked with precision… It is a war… Whenever there is terrorism, we will consider it as war."
Lal is part of the delegation led by Janata Dal (United) MP Sanjay Jha, which includes Ambassador Mohan Kumar, BJP MP Dr Hemang Joshi, CPI(M) MP John Brittas, BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi, BJP MP Brij Lal, and BJP MP Pradan Baruah and TMC Abhishek Banerjee.
The delegation aims to brief international partners on India’s response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and its broader fight against cross-border terrorism while engaging with leaders in Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea, and Singapore.
India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
The Indian Armed Forces responded effectively to subsequent Pakistani aggression and pounded its airbases. The two countries have reached an understanding to stop military action following a call made by Pakistan’s DGMO to his Indian counterpart. (ANI)
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