Author: PTI
Publication: The Gomantak Times
Date: November 1, 2002
Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani
yesterday said that the epicenter of terrorism is now shifting to Pakistan.
He added that this was resulting in greater isolation of Islamabad.
"Irrespective of what the world
says and does, we are determined to win this proxy war being waged by Pakistan.
we will see that perpetrators of proxy war are defeated finally and firmly."
Advani said in a brief interaction with the media at National Police Academy
(NPA) near here.
Advani earlier reviewed the passing
out parade of the 54th. batch of 33 IPS officer trainees, including four
women officers, and two Palestine security officers.
Asserting that Pakistan was unable
to reconcile to the decision of the people of Jammu and Kashmir to be part
of secular India and their firm rejection of theocracy, he said, a series
of debacles in its open war strategy and was now resorting to proxy war
through terrorism.
"Pakistan's strategy to internationalise
the Kashmir issue could not be taken far as senior United Nations officials
have said that UN security Council resolution ( on Kashmir) has become
out-dated and is no longer relevant," Advani, who also holds Home portfolio,
said.
Advani said Islamabad had adopted
three strategies -open wars, internationalise Kashmir issue and finally
proxy war - to "undo the decision" of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
"the open wars in 1947, 1965 and
1971 had proved disastrous for Pakistan as it was unable to grab Kashmir
but in the process lost even Bangladesh," he said.
Though Pakistan's designs to raise
the Kashmir issue at international for a had initially created" some illusion"
among people who were not familiar with the history of Indian states, the
strategy could not be taken far, he said.
Now it (Pakistan) is resorting to
terrorism. killing innocent people and create terror in the country particularly
in Jammu and Kashmir," Advani said.
However, there was a growing realization
now across the world that the same terror could be directed against any
other country, he said adding, "just like how we had won the open
wars, we are determined to win this proxy war".
Earlier, addressing IPS officer
trainees after reviewing the parade, Advani said the governments should
have the capacity to take hard decisions in matters of national unity and
integrity and recalled how the "Iron Man", Sardar Vallabh Bhai Pate, had
overcome daunting challenges in the immediate aftermath of partition and
succeeded in integrating princely states into Indian Union.
