Pakistan policy of 'death by 1000 cuts' has boomeranged: Rathore
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Union Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore. PTI file photo
Pakistan's policy of "death by a 1000 cuts" has boomeranged yet it continues to indulge in propaganda over Kashmir to distract its people from the prevailing governance deficit, Union Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore said today.
"This death by a thousand cuts philosophy is actually bouncing back on them because India is developing becoming more progressive in every sphere of life and the whole boomerang effect is happening on Pakistan, as you would realise," the Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting said.
Rathore also emphasised that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made it clear that the nation has a right to defend itself and people across the border should understand that message as well.
Speaking at an event organised by the 'India Foundation' here, he said that it was after after losing wars against India, Pakistan realised it could not achieve its objectives in a direct fight but its obsession with Kashmir continued.
Therefore, the country began to resort to back militancy and terror, he said. "They will continue to do so because this is there only distraction they can have for a lack of governance in Pakistan," Rathore said.
The minister, who himself is a retired Colonel and whose father too fought in the 1965 and 1971 wars said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it amply clear that India has a right to defend itself.
"He also said that the whole nation wants action, these are very important messages that people should understand across the borders as well. How long will they remain active after hitting us," Rathore said.
Referring to the line of control, he said he said that it is not an international border and continuously changing. "It is changing as we speak right now, it is always changing. However, about to 80 to 90 per cent of the positions are, positions of dominance of the Indian army.
"And we will aspire, I am sure, as soldiers there because line of control is not the international border, they don't have to respect that (as an) international border, so they will keep aspiring to get on the dominant heights in the remaining 10 percent also," Rathore said.
Rathore said that Pakistan has a "deficit of democracy" and there are several actors from the state to army, state as well. He said that another point that the Prime Minister had made clear that Pakistan could itself face a rebellion and India would stand by the people of Baluchistan when they seek their rights.
"If they feel they can hit us, bleed us and martyr soldiers of ours they do not realise that our country is so strong that for every fallen soldier, you will have ten more stand up. For every family that suffers because of the husband, brother or father dying, the government and people will protect and support those families," Rathore said.
He also mentioned a bank account number on the Army website, which supports the families of soldiers who give up their lives. Pakistan does not have the economic strength to look after the families of their slain soldiers.
Rathore said that in the last 10 years, no new weaponry was added to Indian forces but now Rafale aircraft along with meteor missiles are being brought in. Rathore read out a note by Gen Ayub of Pakistan, former President of Pakistan in which he had told his Army chief that "as a general rule Hindu morale would not stand for more than a couple of hard blows delivered at the right time and place. Such opportunities should be sought and exploited."
Rathore said that while this was written sometime before the 1965 war, this has been the ethos on which the Pakistani state has operated. At that time morale was low because of 1962 war, famine, unemployment and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had expired and there was a new Prime Minister.
Perhaps Pakistan thought this would be the perfect opportunity and added that it had started sending raids and thousands of troops much before the full fledged war started. "And they say India started the war," Rathore said. Rathore said that while US gave latest aircraft to Pakistan, but despite that India Air Force established air superiority in the 1965 war.
"This death by a thousand cuts philosophy is actually bouncing back on them because India is developing becoming more progressive in every sphere of life and the whole boomerang effect is happening on Pakistan, as you would realise," the Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting said.
Rathore also emphasised that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made it clear that the nation has a right to defend itself and people across the border should understand that message as well.
Speaking at an event organised by the 'India Foundation' here, he said that it was after after losing wars against India, Pakistan realised it could not achieve its objectives in a direct fight but its obsession with Kashmir continued.
Therefore, the country began to resort to back militancy and terror, he said. "They will continue to do so because this is there only distraction they can have for a lack of governance in Pakistan," Rathore said.
The minister, who himself is a retired Colonel and whose father too fought in the 1965 and 1971 wars said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it amply clear that India has a right to defend itself.
"He also said that the whole nation wants action, these are very important messages that people should understand across the borders as well. How long will they remain active after hitting us," Rathore said.
Referring to the line of control, he said he said that it is not an international border and continuously changing. "It is changing as we speak right now, it is always changing. However, about to 80 to 90 per cent of the positions are, positions of dominance of the Indian army.
"And we will aspire, I am sure, as soldiers there because line of control is not the international border, they don't have to respect that (as an) international border, so they will keep aspiring to get on the dominant heights in the remaining 10 percent also," Rathore said.
Rathore said that Pakistan has a "deficit of democracy" and there are several actors from the state to army, state as well. He said that another point that the Prime Minister had made clear that Pakistan could itself face a rebellion and India would stand by the people of Baluchistan when they seek their rights.
"If they feel they can hit us, bleed us and martyr soldiers of ours they do not realise that our country is so strong that for every fallen soldier, you will have ten more stand up. For every family that suffers because of the husband, brother or father dying, the government and people will protect and support those families," Rathore said.
He also mentioned a bank account number on the Army website, which supports the families of soldiers who give up their lives. Pakistan does not have the economic strength to look after the families of their slain soldiers.
Rathore said that in the last 10 years, no new weaponry was added to Indian forces but now Rafale aircraft along with meteor missiles are being brought in. Rathore read out a note by Gen Ayub of Pakistan, former President of Pakistan in which he had told his Army chief that "as a general rule Hindu morale would not stand for more than a couple of hard blows delivered at the right time and place. Such opportunities should be sought and exploited."
Rathore said that while this was written sometime before the 1965 war, this has been the ethos on which the Pakistani state has operated. At that time morale was low because of 1962 war, famine, unemployment and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had expired and there was a new Prime Minister.
Perhaps Pakistan thought this would be the perfect opportunity and added that it had started sending raids and thousands of troops much before the full fledged war started. "And they say India started the war," Rathore said. Rathore said that while US gave latest aircraft to Pakistan, but despite that India Air Force established air superiority in the 1965 war.