Control ISI before talk on stability: Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh to Pakistan General Bajwa

Control ISI before talk on stability: Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh to Pakistan General Bajwa

AgenciesUpdated: Saturday, March 20, 2021, 12:46 AM IST
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Chandigarh

Term­ing Islamabad-sponso­r­ed terrorism as the big­gest hurdle to normalising relations between the two nations, Punjab Chief Minister Amarin­der Singh on Fri­day said Pakistan Ch­ief of Army Staff, Gen­eral Qamar Javed Bajwa, should back his rhetoric on peace with India with solid action. “Bajwa should first control his ISI, and then talk about stability in Indo-Pak relations,” the CM said, adding India cannot affo­rd to go soft with Pakistan till they walk the talk and prove their sincerity with concrete actions.

“Infiltration into India from across the border is still happening, Indian soldiers are being killed at the borders every day. They (Pakistan) are dropping arms and heroin into Punjab via drones every other day. Efforts to create trouble in my state continue to take place. All this should stop first, only then we can talk peace,” said Amarinder Singh.

For India to trust Pakistan, the latter will have to do much more than offer an olive branch, said the CM, citing his own experience of 1964 as ADC to GOC-in-C, Western Command.

“We used to receive daily reports then of firing and trouble from the western border, as we continue to do now,” he said.

It is important for not just Bajwa but the entire Pakistan military apparatus to be on board with the idea of burying the past and paving the way for peace with India, said Amarinder Singh, adding it is not New Delhi but Islamabad which has obstructed the path of peace between the two countries. “Are they all of the same view as shared by General Bajwa? Are they withdrawing all support to terror groups immediately? Have they asked the ISI to back off and leave India alone?”

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