Rejecting Congress’ demand for convening a special session of Parliament to declare Pakistan a terrorist state, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday said there is “no logic in it” and affirmed that India’s security is in safe hands with Narendra Modi at the helm of affairs.
“We are ready for a discussion and debate on the matter in Parliament. But convening a special session to discuss the issue...There is no logic in it. There is no discussion on convening a special session at our level,” the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs said after attending the annual conference of National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC).
The Minister lauded External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for her “very good” speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), saying “it exposed the nexus between Pakistan and terrorists”.
He said the world is listening to the “cacophony of terrorism” emerging from Pakistan and asked it to either “break ties with terror or get disintegrated”.
The Congress had on Monday demanded that a special session of Parliament be convened to declare Pakistan a terrorist state in the wake of the Uri terror attack. The party had also described the Modi-Government as the weakest as far as national security was concerned.
It also alleged that the Narendra Modi Government has responded only through rhetoric since the attack took place and favoured withdrawal of the Most Favoured Nation status to Pakistan and imposition of economic sanctions on it.
Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala had tweeted, “If India won’t determinedly ask for diplomatic & economic sanctions against Pak in UN, who willIJ Modi Govt again failed us by meek response”.
“Why is EAM Sushmaji shy of calling ‘a spade a spade’ in UNIJ Why did we not call upon UN for diplomatic & economic sanctions against PakistanIJ” he had asked.
Naqvi assured that India and its respect and security “are in safe hands” with Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister. “There will be no weakness (in dealing with Pakistan-backed terrorism),” he said.
As for Congress’ criticism of Swaraj that she did not pitch for imposing economic sanctions on Pakistan during her address at the UNGA, he said the NDA Government knows “what should be said” in the country’s interest better than the Opposition party.