People who gave birth to terrorism should not teach us lessons: BJP's Rajyavardhan Rathore

New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Slamming Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for his "uncivilized outburst" at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Friday said that the people who gave birth to terrorism should not teach the lessons on terrorism.
Speaking to ANI, the BJP MP said that India will strike back if it is targeted.
"The mother of Bilawal Bhutto (Benazir Bhutto) herself was involved in promoting terrorism in Kashmir and she was killed by the same terrorists. The people who gave birth to terrorism should not teach us the lesson of terrorism. If they speak the language of terrorists, then India will also respond in the same way," he said.
In response to media queries on Bilawal's 'uncivilized' remarks, the official spokesperson for the MEA, Arindam Bagchi also slammed Bilawal Bhutto.
In a statement, he said, "These comments are a new low, even for Pakistan. Pakistan's foreign minister's frustration would be better directed towards the masterminds of terrorist enterprises in his own country, who have made terrorism a part of their state policy. Pakistan needs to change its own mindset or remain a pariah."
Responding to the EAM's remark, Bilawal unleashed a personal attack on PM Modi and also hit out at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
"We wish that Pak FM would have listened more sincerely yesterday at the UNSC to the testimony of Anjali Kulthe, a Mumbai nurse who saved the lives of 20 pregnant women from the bullets of the Pak terrorist Ajmal Kasab. Clearly, their FM was more interested in whitewashing Pakistan's role," said Bagchi.
He further said that the foreign minister of Pakistan has "obviously forgotten this day in 1971, which was a direct result of the genocide unleashed by Pakistani rulers against ethnic Bengalis and Hindus".
"Unfortunately, Pakistan does not seem to have changed much in the treatment of its minorities. It certainly lacks credentials to cast aspersions at the Mother of Democracy," added the MEA spokesperson.
As recent conferences and events have demonstrated, counter-terrorism remains high on Pakistan's global agenda, he said, adding that its indisputable role in sponsoring, harbouring, and actively financing terrorist and terrorist organisations remains under the scanner.
"Pakistan FM's uncivilized outburst seems to be a result of Pakistan's increasing inability to use terrorists and their proxies," Bagchi said.
"Cities like New York, Mumbai, Pulwama, Pathankot and London are among the many that bear the scars of Pakistan-sponsored, supported and instigated terrorism. This violence has emanated from their Special Terrorist Zones and exported to all parts of the world. 'Make in Pakistan' terrorism has to stop," he added.
He also stated that Pakistan is a country that glorifies Osama bin Laden as a martyr and shelters terrorists like Lakhvi, Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar, Sajid Mir and Dawood Ibrahim.
"No other country can boast having 126 UN-designated terrorists and 27 UN-designated terrorist entities!" Bagchi added.
A flurry of other politicians, too, objected to Bilawal's uncivilised bursts on PM Modi. "As far as the leadership of PM Modi is concerned, the world has recognised that leadership," said Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi.
"PM Modi has helped not only India but also other countries, including Pakistan, during Covid. If a foreign minister of a country is making such statement, it doesn't hold him well," added Lekhi.
Incidentally, Pakistan was included in the grey list of FATF several times for incubating terrorism.
"The statement of the foreign minister of Pakistan is very shameful and it is an attempt to replicate the way in which the Pakistan Army was defeated by the Indian Army on this day in 1971. Maybe he is still in pain. The world has seen Pakistan's actions and intentions. They have been giving shelter to terrorists for a long time. PM Modi has taken strict actions against terrorism. The US killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan and India did a surgical strike in Pakistan," said Union Minister Anurag Thakur. (ANI)