Pakistan will be isolated - World is united against the country that supports terrorism

Launching a scathing attack on Pakistan for the release of 26/11 terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said here on Sunday that a nation that supported terror would not find a place on the world stage.

“Today, the situation is such that those people who had attacked Mumbai on 26/11 nine years ago, they continue to be isolated even now. If they have released the criminal responsible for that attack two days ago, then the entire world is speaking in one voice that a country that supports terror has no place in the global arena,” Mr. Jaitley said.

Rahul’s jibe

His comments came on the ninth anniversary of the attacks and a day after Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi questioned the success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to corner Pakistan. “Narendrabhai, baat nehi bani [did not work out the way expected]. Terror mastermind is free. President Trump just delinked Pak military funding from LeT. Hugplomacy fail. More hugs urgently needed,” he tweeted on Saturday.

Mr. Jaitley was speaking at an election meeting organised by BJP workers to celebrate Mr. Modi’s radio broadcast Mann Ki Baat.

Attacking the Congress and the UPA’s record on security issues, especially the Kashmir problem, Mr. Jaitley said that when Mr. Modi entered office, an atmosphere of “civil disobedience” prevailed and stone-throwers were calling the shots. But demonetisation cut off the money supply to the stone-throwers, and the security forces achieved a major success against militants, he said.

“In the past eight to 10 months, the situation is such that whoever become the Lashkar commander knows that he will not survive beyond two or three months because of the operation by security forces, including the Jammu and Kashmir police,” he said.

“The Gujarat model of development of stability and inclusiveness has put the State on the world map.” He said there was an attempt to stop development and divide the State on caste lines. In what seemed to be a clear reference to the Congress’s attempts to tie up with Patidar leader Hardik Patel, OBC leader Alpesh Thakore and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani, Mr. Jaitley said the people of the State still remembered the “anarchy of the 1980s and once again there is an attempt to bring anarchist forces together.” http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pakistan-will-be-isolated-jaitley/article20945253.ece