New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) Lok Sabha MP Baijayant Panda, who led an all-party parliamentary delegation in 4 international locations, on Thursday cornered Pakistan over the Islamic nation’s continous help to terrorism. Panda labelled Pakistan as “an emperor that has no garments”. The delegation led by Panda visited Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Algeria. It included members Nishikant Dubey (BJP), Phangnon Konyak (BJP), Rekha Sharma (BJP), Asaduddin Owaisi (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen), Satnam Singh Sandhu, Ghulam Nabi Azad, and Harsh Shringla.
“Pakistan is just like the emperor that has no garments. It is fairly shameless, however all people is aware of what it’s,” Panda stated in an interview with India At present.
The delegations have been despatched to 33 international locations following Operation Sindoor in opposition to terror websites positioned in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. The Operation Sindoor was launched on Could 6-7 to avenge the killings of 26 civilians by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22.
Speaking concerning the international locations visited by the parliamentary delegation and their bilateral relationship with Pakistan, Panda knowledgeable that regardless that these are Islamic nations, their paths are usually not the identical as that of Pakistan since all 4 international locations, together with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Algeria, have taken “robust” motion in opposition to “jihadism”.
Opposite to actions taken by these international locations, the BJP MP stated, Pakistan has gone in the wrong way, encouraging jihadis and fundamentalist parts.
“Take into account that over the past couple of a long time, you understand, these are all Islamic international locations, however their path and Pakistan’s path have diverged fairly a bit. All these 4 international locations have taken very robust actions in opposition to jihadism and Salafist parts, they usually have rubbed them out from working on their soil,” Panda stated.
“Pakistan has gone in the wrong way. It continues to encourage jihadis and fundamentalist parts. Because of this there’s a divergence of their relationship with Pakistan,” he added.
Highlighting the monetary help supplied to Pakistan by these international locations, Panda argued that they’ve witnessed the help being misused. He stated that Pakistan has used the help to finance terrorism as a substitute of working for growth.
“A few of these international locations have helped Pakistan financially up to now years, they usually have seen that the help has been misused. Now, these international locations have developed their faculties, roads, faculties and hospitals. However Pakistan has taken their cash and, as a substitute of utilizing it for a similar objective, has used it to finance terrorism,” he stated, including, “These are issues that they’re very sad about, they usually did make it very clear to us that they stand with us.”
Moreover, Panda stated that the 4 Islamic nations understand India and Pakistan in solely other ways, categorising the neighbouring nation as a “downside little one” who abstains from turning into regular and has “misused the help”.
(with ANI inputs)