Human rights violations in PoK need to be highlighted: Parrikar
14 Oct 2015 5:19 AM IST
Speaking at a fund-raising function held at Bambolim late Sunday evening, Parrikar <g data-gr-id="34">said</g> “it was about time that Pakistan’s role as a terror-breeder is brought out in the open on a global stage”.
“It is time for India to throw light on human rights violation in Pakistan. It has to be dealt with seriously. You find kids being murdered, butchered in Peshawar. You find people going to mosques for prayers being killed.
“Killing is almost everywhere in Pakistan. This is the outcome of the poisonous seeds of ‘Hate India campaign’ they have sown,” he said in response to a query on human rights violations in PoK as well as in Balochistan and Sindh.
“If only the (Indian) Kashmiris know what the (Pakistan) Army is doing in Pakistan, I don’t think they will want to be a part of that. Kashmiris are also very proud people in their own right,” Parrikar said.
To another query, he said, “India is capable of defending itself and neutralize <g data-gr-id="31">cross border</g> terrorism effectively. The nation is doing whatever needs to be done” and added that Pakistan was increasingly worried about India’s growing strength. Parrikar said that infiltration bids along the Line of Control (LoC) were continuing.
“<g data-gr-id="33">Everytime</g> there are ceasefire violations, they try to send a group of terrorists through rivers and streams,” he said.
Referring to the ambush on Indian Army on the Indo- Myanmar border, Parrikar said that it was the high point of his tenure as Defence Minister that the Indian Army was able to react effectively to that threat.
Incidents like Dadri lynching dent NDA’s image, says Defence Min
Incidents like the Dadri lynching “<g data-gr-id="48">damage</g>” the image of the NDA government and RSS has nothing to do with them, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said. “These incidents damage the image of the NDA as well as the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It cannot be said to be the intention of the government,” Parrikar said. He was asked about the lynching of man over beef-eating rumour in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh and whether such incidents were part of the RSS agenda to polarise society ahead of the Bihar polls. He was speaking at a fund-raising function in Bambolim on the outskirts of Panaji on last evening. “Sometimes local issues are blown out of proportion,” he said.
‘Women may be considered for anti-terror ops’
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said he is in favour of assigning roles to women in the army’s counter-terrorism operations. He said “in principle” he was in favour of women in combat positions, but a final decision would be taken later. “I don’t see why not. We take them as equal in everything,” Parrikar said in reply to a question. The ministry could assign them “role in counter-terrorism operations (at the borders) or even to tackle terrorists within the country,” he said. He was speaking at a fund-raising function in Bambolim on the outskirts of Panaji on Sunday evening. Earlier this week, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha had said IAF had moved a proposal to induct women as fighter aircraft pilots. “It has to be done in a phase-wise manner. It won’t happen immediately,” Parrikar said, adding that the final notification on inducting women as fighter aircraft pilots would also take some time. He cited that the United Arab Emirates Air Force has women fighter plane pilots who had carried out strikes on ISIS targets.
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