AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday once again targeted Pakistan. He referred to it as a “failed state” and appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take firm action. He said Pakistan should “think 100 times” before attacking India again.
Speaking at a public meeting, Owaisi said, “We hope the Prime Minister will take strong action against the Pakistani terrorists and the failed state of Pakistan that it will think a hundred times before sending anyone to harm India again.”
Owaisi on Pahalgam terror attack
He also took aim at Pakistan for questioning India’s evidence after past terrorist attacks, especially following the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people. “Pakistan is shamelessly asking for proof. Didn’t we invite you to Pathankot and show you where your terrorists attacked our Air Force base? You sent your team, they saw it with their own eyes, yet you took no action against those terrorists,” ANI quoted Owaisi as saying.
Owaisi on Personal Memories of 26/11 and Criticism of Inaction
Owaisi recounted a personal experience of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks to highlight the agony inflicted by cross-border terrorism. “The 26/11 attacks happened. I know a place in Telangana called Nizamabad. One of our daughters from there had just gotten married a few days before, and she was at VT Station with her family when Pakistani terrorists opened fire. She, too, was killed,” he recounted.
He accused Pakistan of consistently denying its involvement in these attacks. “Pakistan will never admit that terrorists from its land come and kill people in India. The time to try and convince Pakistan is over,” he asserted.
Owaisi also criticised the politicisation of terrorism and called for the 26 victims of the recent attack to be officially recognised as martyrs. “I’m saying this with great responsibility, without letting emotions overpower me: it’s time for a response, not reflection. Otherwise, every few months, we’ll keep facing attacks, whether our Army, CRPF personnel, or innocent Kashmiris are targeted,” he remarked
Response to Bangladesh Remarks and International Appeal
At another rally in Bahadurganj on Saturday, Owaisi emphasised that Pakistan would never allow India to live in peace. “Pakistan is a failed nation, and these forces will never let India live in peace. Today is the time to give them a befitting reply. So that this poison of terror ends forever,” he declared.
Owaisi on Saturday also condemned Bangladesh’s former army officer, LM Fazlur Rahman, an assistant to the country’s chief adviser, Muhammad Yunus, for his comments regarding India’s northeastern region.
Rahman stated that Bangladesh must invade and occupy all seven northeastern Indian states if New Delhi attacks Pakistan in response to the recent terror attack in Pahalgam.
Owaisi responded, saying, “In Bangladesh, too, a person is talking nonsense that he will do something in the Northeast. I would also tell them that the country you have got is because of us, and live in peace in your country.”
He stressed the importance of Indians being united in the face of such threats. “When someone points a finger at India, we forget all our differences and stand together like a wall,” he further added.
But Yunus’ caretaker government, according to PTI news agency, distanced itself from Rahman’s statement.
Owaisi also urged international bodies to act against Pakistan. “Pakistan must be placed in the grey list of FATF,” he stated, mentioning the Financial Action Task Force, which tracks worldwide efforts to counter money laundering and terrorism financing.
On Pakistan’s recent missile tests, he stated, “Test any missiles you like, but never forget that India is stronger than you and will always be.”
