ISLAMABAD, Oct 09 (DNA): Pakistan has condemned the highly irresponsible
remarks by BJP politician and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh about
taking back ‘Sindhu’ the region around the Indus River in southern
Pakistan.
“We condemn the highly irresponsible remarks made by the Chief Minister
of Uttar Pradesh, a key member of India’s ruling dispensation and a
follower of the bigoted Hindutva ideology, at the National Sindhi
Convention in Lucknow,” Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch
said while responding to a question by media.
Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said the Indian
politician’s provocative remarks are inspired by the gratuitous
assertion of ‘Akhand Bharat’ (undivided India) and reflect a perverse
view of history.
She said it manifests a mindset that seeks to subjugate the identity and
culture of not only India’s neighbouring countries but also its own
religious minorities.
Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said it is a matter of grave concern that such ideas
are being increasingly peddled by BJP-RSS combine to further their
divisive and parochial political agenda. She urged India to resolve
disputes with neighboring countries, and work with them to build a
peaceful and prosperous South Asia instead of nurturing hegemonic and
expansionist designs.
“It is a matter of grave concern that such ideas are being increasingly
peddled by individuals belonging to the BJP-RSS combine to further their
divisive and parochial political agenda. Instead of nurturing hegemonic
and expansionist ambitions, the Indian leaders should resolve disputes
with neighbouring countries, and work with them to build a peaceful and
prosperous South Asia,” the FO Spokesperson remarked.
The Foreign Office spokesperson said it is equally condemnable that the
so-called reclamation of the ‘Ram Janmabhoomi’ has been cited by the
Chief Minister as a template for reclaiming the region that constitutes
part of Pakistan.
She underscored how a Hindu supremacist mob had brazenly demolished the
historic Babri Mosque in 1992 to take back the claimed birthplace of
Lord Rama in Ayodhya.
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