Tonk (Rajasthan): Breaking his silence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday disapproved of the attacks on Kashmiris in some parts of the country in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack and underlined that “our fight is for Kashmir, not against Kashmiris”, who too are victims of the scourge.
Mr Modi said that the Kashmiri youth are also troubled by terrorism and are ready to fight against them.
“We need to keep them with us.” “If we want to win the fight, we should not make mistakes. A terrorist is a terrorist and the Kashmiri people are also facing trouble due to terrorism,” he said, accusing the previous governments of not fulfilling their aspirations.
Mr Modi broke his silence on the attacks on Kashmiris a day after the Supreme Court directed the Centre, state chief secretaries and police chiefs to take “prompt action” to prevent incidents of “assault, threat, social boycott and such other egregious acts” against Kashmiris, including students, and other minorities.
Mr Modi also declared that Pakistan will be made to account for everything and that the “terror factory” will be shut by him.
Assuring a suitable response on the Pulwama attack, the Prime Minister reiterated that the security forces have been given “complete freedom” (to retaliate).
“Have faith in our soldiers deployed on the border, in the Modi government and on Maa Bhawani’s blessings,” he said.
“The scores will be settled this time, settled for good (Iss baar hisaab hoga, hisaab poora hoga),” he said.
Attacking political rivals, Mr Modi said he feels sad about “a handful of people who live in India and speak the language of Pakistan”.
He said incidents like the Pulwama attack give strength to those who chant “Bharat tere tukde honge”, referring to slogans calling for the breakup of the country.
He said these are the people who go to Pakistan, saying “do anything but remove Modi”.
“They are those who failed to show courage against the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attack,” he said, in an indirect attack on the Congress-led UPA.
