Former diplomat Surendra Kumar on Wednesday said that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's address at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, where he termed cross-border terrorism, extremism and separatism as the "three evils," was specifically aimed at Pakistan.
Jaishankar addressed the 23rd Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation (Organisation) Council of Heads of Government on Wednesday and called for being "firm and uncompromising in countering the "three evils" - terrorism, separatism and extremism.
"...The alliance of the National Conference (NC) and Congress in Jammu and Kashmir is speaking the language of separatism. Pakistan's Defence Minister (Khawaja Asif) himself is saying that the National Conference, Congress and Pakistan are on the same page. They should tell why they want
Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Saturday urged the people of Jammu and Kashmir to rise above differences and support the BJP in the upcoming assembly election to prevent the resurgence of separatism and terrorism in the valley.
"Terrorism, extremism and separatism have become deep dangers for our societies. Technology divide and other economic and social challenges from technology is coming to the fore," the Prime Minister said.
MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal emphasised India's stance, stating, "We naturally oppose any moves giving political space to extremism and those advocating violence."
During the weekly presser, MEA spokesperson Jaiswal said, "PM Trudeau has made such remarks earlier as well...His remarks illustrate once again the kind of political space that has been given in Canada to separatism, extremism, and violence."
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that Article 370, which was abrogated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government in 2019, gave impetus to separatism in Jammu and Kashmir which led to killings of several lives.
Kazakhstan, which assumed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Chairmanship, aims to elevate the power of cooperative diplomacy by strengthening mutual trust and dialogue and combat the evils of “extremism, terrorism and separatism”, The Astana Times reported.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Sunday alleged that the root cause of the ethnic conflicts in the Northeast and the separatism in Kashmir is the Congress' policies when they governed the country.