Tejasvi Surya blasts Bhutto in US: India gives tech titans, Pak terrorists
In a fiery rebuke aimed squarely at Pakistan's former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya delivered a no-holds-barred address in the United States, calling out Pakistan's global reputation and military dependency while asserting India's rising global stature.Surya's remarks were in direct response to Bhutto's recent criticisms of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 'This is as stark a difference as it can be between these two countries,' Surya said. Surya invoked a sharp contrast in global reputations, rattling off five names from each country to illustrate his point.advertisement'Ramzi Yousef, 1993 World Trade Centre bomb. David Coleman Headley -- charged for 26/11 conspiracy. These are names linked with Pakistan,' he said. 'Now, five Indian names: Indra Nooyi, Sundar Pichai, Ajay Banga, Satya Nadella, Kash Patel I don't even need to introduce them. That's the difference between India and Pakistan in America. So Mr. Bhutto's two-day adventure here today, a two-day trip here, will not wash away this proven track record of Pakistan."#WATCH | Washington, DC | "Pakistan has been surviving on cheap Chinese imports, including their military hardware, which spectacularly failed on the battlefield... In the last few days in the countries that we visited, including today, there is absolutely no sympathy towards pic.twitter.com/3mNJF55643— ANI (@ANI) June 4, 2025
Surya didn't stop there. He accused Pakistan of playing the victim abroad while arming itself with low-grade Chinese weaponry. 'Pakistan has been surviving on cheap Chinese imports, including their military hardware, which spectacularly failed on the battlefield,' he said. 'Unlike Pakistan, whose bulk of military hardware -- 81 per cent -- comes from China, India's defence imports are diverse and growing indigenously.'advertisementHe went on to emphasise India's expanding strategic ties: 'We have military hardware that we purchased from the United States, from France, from Israel. We have practical and strategic partnerships.'Surya dismissed Bhutto's attempt to portray Pakistan as a peace-seeking nation, saying: 'It's like the Devil quoting from the scriptures. For a country that is trying to create fake heroes by promoting field generals to field marshal, they don't know what true leaders look like.'Surya also claimed that in all recent diplomatic meetings during their visit, there was 'absolutely no sympathy towards the Pakistani cause' and 'unequivocal support' for India's stance.The remarks come as India ramps up its diplomatic outreach in Washington amid growing global attention to South Asian security, regional power balance, and cross-border terrorism.With inputs from ANIMust Watch
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