BJP MP Brij Lal expressed happiness that the people of Japan have supported India’s fight against terrorism and called meetings with Japanese authorities “good”. He said that India has been suffering due to terrorism for almost four decades and did not react until 2016.
Brij Lal, who is part of the delegation led by JD (U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha, who is on a visit to Japan and other East Asian countries, mentioned how India retaliated against terrorists after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office. He recalled the air strike held in Balakot and the surgical strike in 2016.
He said that the world appreciates India’s attitude against terrorism and knows that India is a peaceful nation. He said that if India is attacked in India, India would destroy terrorist bases and their sponsors.
The all-party delegation meeting on the Japanese Foreign Minister and Think Tank, he said, “The meeting was very good. We were happy that the people of Japan have supported India’s fight against terrorism. India has been suffering for almost four decades and you should remember, we worked as Additional Director in 2016. Ashok Comte Digging.
“After that, when PM Modi came in 2014, we launched a surgical strike in 2016 when he attacked us. We were thinking that Pakistan will now understand. In 2019, he again attacked and we launched an aerial attack in Balakot. After 2019, he said that he kills on 22 April. Give a message to the Prime Minister. A peaceful country is attacked. A peaceful country, but if we are attacked, then we are attacked by a new India, if we have a new India, Modi’s India, if we are India, if we are attacked. If we will destroy terrorist bases and their sponsors.
A consensus parliamentary delegation from India, under the leadership of Parliament member Sanjay Kumar Jha, is on a visit to Japan from 22 to 24 May. On Thursday, the delegation met Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iveya.
The delegation also met former Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga and the current vice-president of the Liberal Democratic Party and President of the Japan-India Association as well as Takashi Endo, Chairman of the House of Representative Committee on Representative House of Representative Committee on National Security.
The official statement said that the two leaders confirmed Japan’s continuous support for India’s efforts against terrorism. The Indian delegation also held a conversation with the leading Japanese think tank, briefing the participants on India’s zero tolerance policy on terrorism. The participants expressed strong support for India’s anti -terrorism stance during the discussion.
The all-party delegation projected India’s national consent and a firm approach to combat terrorism in all its forms and expressions. This will tell the world a strong message of zero tolerance for terrorism.
India launched Operation Sindor on 22 May on 22 April in response to the Pahgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed. The Indian armed forces targeted terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, causing more than 100 militants associated with terrorist organizations such as Jai-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen.
After the attack, Pakistan attempted drone attacks with the Line of Control and Jammu and Kashmir as well as border areas, after which India launched a coordinated attack and damaged radar infrastructure, communication centers and air areas in the airbase in Pakistan. Subsequently, on 10 May, an understanding of the end of enmity between India and Pakistan was announced. (AI)