Prime Minister Modi commends Bangladesh while censures Pakistan for attempting to destabilize region with violence
New Delhi, April 8: While lavishing commendation on
Bangladesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday condemned another neighbor
Pakistan in an oblique way, articulating it favors "backstabbing over
trust" and that its "thought" is an obstruction to tranquility in
the expanse.
He made the remarks as Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina showered praises on Indian heroes of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
against Pakistan and remembered their sacrifices at an exclusive occasion In New
Delhi.
He disclosed doors of India were at all times unbolted for collaboration, but for that violence
has to be rejected, an obvious allusion to Pakistan.
Concerning his well-known catchphrase Sabka Saath, Sabka
Vikas (everybodys collaboration, everybodys progress), Modi said it is not simply
limited to India but likewise to the adjacent nations as progress of India is partial
without the development of the expanse.
"We have extended a hand of friendship towards every
country (of the region) and have invited them to be a part of our growth.
Without being selfish, we have wished good for the entire region," stated the
Prime Minister who had requested frontrunners of all the SAARC nations to join
his swearing-in ceremony in 2014.
"We truly think that citizens of all nations of the
region progress and prosper. Our doors are open for cooperation, but for this
terrorism has to be shunned," he stated.
Without mentioning Pakistan but clearly alluding to it, Modi
said, "There is one thought in South Asia which breeds, inspires and
encourages terrorism. The thought whose priority is not humanity, but extremism
and terrorism."
India is a prey of that "thought" which emboldens violence,
he revealed.
"The thought, whose policymakers prefer terrorism over
humanity, destruction over development, destruction over creation, backstabbing
over trust, is the biggest challenge to the society and its economic
development," he stated.
Observing that 1,661 Indian soldiers had sacrificed their
lives in the Bangladesh Liberation War, Modi disclosed the fight of the Indian
army in this cannot be overlooked.
Prior to the function, Modi and Hasina converged and postured
for photographs with Major Ashok Tara of 14 Guards who had saved the family of
Bangladesh creator Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from a house in Dhanmandi where they
had been detained by the Pakistani soldiers in 1971.
Rahman was the father of Sheikh Hasina.
"The Indian army never shied away from its duty and set
an example by following conventions of the war. Over 90,000 Prisoners of War
were released safely after the 1971 war. The humane gesture shown by India is
one of the biggest events in the century," Modi revealed.
The Prime Minister said the slaughter by Pakistan in 1971
was commenced to annihilate a complete generation of Bangladesh and each person
who was pleased with the notion of Bangladesh was removed.
"The purpose of this genocide was not just killing the
innocents, but to uproot the idea of Bangladesh," he asserted.
Communicating at the occasion, Hasina stated, the past of
Bangladesh has been engraved with the blood of Indian supporters together with brave
freedom fighters of Bangladesh.
"They fought together for the independence of Bangladesh.
The story of their sacrifice will be remembered from generation to generation
in our two countries," she asserted.
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