‘Time international bodies take over their nuclear facility': In J&K, Rajnath calls Pakistan ‘irresponsible and rogue nation'
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday called on international bodies to take over Pakistan's nuclear facility so that its nuclear bluff is called for ever.
Interacting with the troops at Army's 15 Corps Headquarters in Srinagar during his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir after 'Operation Sindoor', the defence minister questioned Pakistan's ability to handle nuclear weapons. This comes days after a ceasefire between India and Pakistan following border escalations in the aftermath of India's strikes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Pakistan.
The strikes came days after a terror attack in Pahalgam, in which 26 people – mostly tourists but also a local – were shot dead by terrorists on April 22.
India's precision strikes on terror infrastructure have proved that it will not succumb to any nuclear blackmail, he said.
'From the land of Srinagar, I want to raise this question whether nuclear weapons are safe in the hands of such an irresponsible and rogue nation,' he asked while interacting with the troops in Srinagar. 'The whole world has seen how irresponsibly Pakistan has threatened India. It is high time that an international body – the International Atomic Energy Agency — takes over the supervision of Pakistan's nuclear facility'.
The defence minister, who was accompanied by J&K's Lt Governor Manoj Singh, reviewed the overall security scenario and combat preparedness of the Army and paid tributes to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for defending the country's frontiers and the civilians killed in the Pahalgam attack. He also visited areas affected by Pakistan's shelling.
Calling 'Operation Sindoor' the biggest operation against terror, he said India 'would go to any extent' to end terrorism and asked Pakistan to stop harbouring terrorists.
India's precision strikes in retaliation to the April 22 terror attack, followed by intense mortar and artillery shelling and drone and missile attacks by Pakistan.
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