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‘Answer To Terrorists Cannot Have Any Rules’: S Jaishankar On India’s Response To Terrorism And Dealing With Pakistan

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‘Answer To Terrorists Cannot Have Any Rules’: S Jaishankar On India’s Response To Terrorism And Dealing With Pakistan

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar reaffirmed India’s commitment to react against any act of fear-based oppression committed from beyond the borders on Friday, saying that there cannot be any rules in a country’s response to terrorists. While connecting with the youth at an occasion titled ‘Why Bharat Things: Opportunity for Youth and Support in the Worldwide Scenario’ in Pune, he said that there has been an alteration in the outside approach of the country since 2014, and the key alteration is the way fear-mongering is managed.

Giving the illustration of the 26/11 Mumbai assaults, Jaishankar said that if something like that happens presently and the country doesn’t respond at that point, how are we going to anticipate the following assault? He said that a country “cannot have any rules when reacting to terrorists” since they don’t play by the rules either. He said that after the 26/11 assaults, “the UPA government held different rounds of dialogue as it were to come to the conclusion that ‘the taken toll of assaulting Pakistan is more than the taken toll of not assaulting it’.” “Terrorists ought to not think; we are on this side of the line, so no one may touch us. Psychological militants do not play by any rules.

The reply to fear mongers cannot have any rules,” the Outside Undertakings Service said. Asked around which nations India finds troublesome to keep up connections with, Jaishankar pointed to Pakistan, which was in the neighbourhood, and “for that, we are as it were responsible.” He took note of the past history of fear-mongering acts executed from over the border. He said that in 1947, Pakistan sent tribal trespassers into Kashmir, and the Armed Forces countered them, and the integration of the state took place.

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He said that the government at the time named those intruders as ‘infiltrators’ and not ‘terrorists’, nearly as if they were speaking to an authentic force. “Narendra Modi came (to be Prime Minister) as it were in 2014, but this issue did not start in 2014. It began in 1947, not indeed after the Mumbai psychological militant assaults of 11/26. This began in 1947. To begin with, individuals came from Pakistan in Kashmir and assaulted Kashmir. It was fear-mongering. They were blasting towns and cities. They were slaughtering individuals. These were individuals from Pakistan’s northwest front. The Pakistani armed force put them on the frontlines and asked them to completely disturb Kashmir, saying, ‘We will come after you’,” S. Jaishankar said. What we did was send the armed forces, and the Kashmir integration took place. “We halted the armed force from doing its work. After that, we went to the UN,” he said, including that there was no mention of ‘terrorism’ in India’s requests some time ago, when the countries joined together on the Kashmir debate back then.

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Swati Maliwal Assault: Kejriwal and Akhilesh Dismiss Questions; Sanjay Singh Speaks Out | Watch

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Swati Maliwal Assault: Kejriwal and Akhilesh Dismiss Questions; Sanjay Singh Speaks Out | Watch

Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav addressed the media together. When Kejriwal brought up the topic of the assault on Swati Maliwal, he handed the microphone to Akhilesh. He stated, “There are more important things than this.” As for the alleged attack on Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal at Kejriwal’s residence by CM’s PA Bibhav Kumar, AAP MP Sanjay Singh has made statements about it thus far. He said he would speak on the matter and then cited Manipur, Prajwal Revanna, and the wrestlers’ protest against former chief wrestler of the Wrestling Federation of India, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

“The prime minister said nothing while the wife of a Kargil hero was paraded in Manipur in her undies. PM Modi requested support for Prajwal Revanna, who had raped and molested many women. And the authorities assisted him in his escape. Swati Maliwal went to visit the women wrestlers during their protests at night, and the cops beat her up. Sanjay Singh remarked, “We have seen PM Modi’s silence on Hathras, Kuldeep Sengar. “The Party of Aam Aadmi is a family. The party has already made it clear where it stands on this matter. I want the BJP to respond to all of these questions, especially the incident in which the cops beat up Swati Maliwal. Politics shouldn’t be played over this, according to Sanjay Singh.

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On Wednesday, Sanjay Singh visited Swati Maliwal at her home, but the BJP is pressing for action against Vibhav Kumar in this regard. Leaders of the BJP also questioned if Swati Maliwal was under pressure from the AAP, given that no formal complaint has been filed on the assault event. The picture of Bibhav Kumar seen at the Lucknow airport with Kejriwal and Sanjay Singh was released by the BJP on Thursday. “This is the image from last night of the Lucknow airport.” Vibhav, the one wearing the black shirt, struck Swati Maliwal. Kejriwal is upset, as is Sanjay Singh, who said that Bibhav has done something really wrong. BJP’s Kapil Mishra commented on X, saying, “The third one is Kejriwal himself, who is accused of getting Swati beaten up.”

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Kejriwal Sparks Controversy: ‘Modi Never Ruled Out Retirement at 75,’ Amid ‘Amit Shah for PM’ Claim

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Kejriwal Sparks Controversy: ‘Modi Never Ruled Out Retirement at 75,’ Amid ‘Amit Shah for PM’ Claim

Amit Shah will succeed Narendra Modi as prime minister in 2025, when the latter turns 75, according to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who announced this Thursday. The prime minister has never said he will not step down at that age. Despite the disagreements between Amit Shah and some other politicians on Kejriwal’s age and retirement, PM Modi never said he wouldn’t retire at 75, Kejriwal said at a joint press conference with Samajwadi Party chairman Akhilesh Yadav (Lucknow). “Everyone in the nation is confident that Modi won’t deviate from his 75-year retirement age,” Kejriwal stated.

“Amit Shah’s appointment as prime minister is now confirmed. According to him, the BJP has ignored every opponent, including Devendra Fadnavis, Manohar Lal Khattar, Vasundhara Raje, Dr. Raman Singh, and Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The only issue at hand is Yogi Adityanath, who would be ousted in two to three months, according to Kejriwal, who also mentioned that no BJP leader had disputed his remarks against Adityanath, suggesting that Adityanath’s departure was all but certain.

According to Kejriwal, eliminating reservations is the BJP’s “big plan” if they win the election.

During his first rally after leaving Tihar, Kejriwal stated that if he supported the BJP, Amit Shah would become prime minister since, according to party policy, no one over 75 may hold any job. Narendra Modi will turn 75 in 2025. In response to Kejriwal’s assertion, Amit Shah stated that Narendra Modi will serve out his term and continue to head the party well beyond 2029. Amit Shah charged that Kejriwal was fomenting disarray within the party about the leadership, whereas there is none.

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“I would want to inform Arvind Kejriwal and associates that there is no need to celebrate Modiji’s 75th birthday. The BJP constitution does not mention his ineligibility to serve as prime minister. He will serve out the remainder of his time as prime minister. The party is not confused,” Amit Shah declared.

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Enforcement Directorate Names AAP as Accused in Delhi Excise Policy Case

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Enforcement Directorate Names AAP as Accused in Delhi Excise Policy Case

The statement was made by the federal agency during the court’s consideration of AAP leader Manish Sisodia’s bail request in the excise policy matter. The Aam Aadmi Party, led by Arvind Kejriwal, would be named as an accused in the liquor policy fraud case, the Enforcement Directorate informed the Delhi High Court.

AAP leader Manish Sisodia’s bail request in the excise policy issue was being considered by the court when the central agency submitted its reply.

It said that in the supplemental charge sheet, AAP will be named as an accused.

The Delhi liquor excise policy has resulted in the ED filing a sixth supplemental chargesheet. Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi has postponed hearing arguments on this chargesheet until May 20.

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The BRS leader K. Kavitha’s judicial detention was also prolonged by the court till May 20.

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