Chennai : Time and again, Pakistan has broken India’s trust. Decades of Pakistan-orchestrated terror attacks on India, have repeatedly derailed relations between New Delhi and Islamabad. Reacting to Hosabale’s remark, former Chief of Staff of the Indian Army, Manoj Mukund Naravane, said that he believed that “dialogue and people-to-people engagement” were among the few pathways left to prevent India-Pakistan ties from collapsing completely.
The Congress party criticised Hosabale for his remark. Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh took a jibe at the RSS leader for his remark on Pakistan. Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari questioned what had changed between the Pahalgam attack and now, that the RSS leader warranted a dialogue with Pakistan. India should always be ready to engage in dialogue with Pakistan. That is why diplomatic relations are maintained, trade and commerce continue, and visas are being given.
RSS leader Hosabale called Pakistan a “pinprick” and said trust in Pakistan’s political and military leadership remained absent because of repeated terror attacks, including 26/11, Pulwama, and Pahalgam terror attacks.”Pakistan is like a pinprick, trying to create incidents like Pulwama and Pahalgam. We have to answer appropriately according to the situation, because the security and self-respect of a country and nation have to be protected,” Hosabale said.
Reacting to the statements of Hosabale, former Indian Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane highlighted the importance of maintaining talks and people-to-people ties between India and Pakistan. “People-to-people connections and contacts are very important. Common people live on both sides of the border and face similar problems in daily life. When friendship develops between people of two countries, it helps improve relations as well,” Naravane told news agency PTI on Wednesday.
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