Mumbai: Reacting strongly to repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir, Shiv Sena on Monday said mere calling off talks will not suffice and that India should wage a war against the neighbouring country to teach them a lesson.
“Though the Indian government has decided to call off Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan, it will not be enough to stop the Pakistani rangers from firing at our border posts. We need to go into their (Pakistan’s) territory and teach them a lesson,” the Sena said in its editorial mouthpiece ‘Saamna’.
Though the government has taken the right decision by warning Pakistan against waging “proxy war” against India, the government now needs to initiate offensive operations against the neighbouring country, it further said.
“The government has given them enough warnings to stop attacking our border and waging a proxy war. The PM himself had warned Pakistan. But now we need to go into their territory and attack them. This is what every Indian is now expecting from the government,” it added.
If there would have been a Congress government at the Centre at a time when innocent people are being killed by the Pakistani rangers, every political party would have slammed it (government) for its inefficiency in handling the matter, the Sena said.
“But the people of India expect a lot from the new government. We request to prove that a strong government is now in power at the Centre,” it said.
Extending ceasefire violations to Samba district, Pakistan troops heavily shelled and fired upon 40 Border Out Posts (BoPs) and 24 villages along the International Border in Jammu and Samba districts, leaving three persons injured.
On Saturday, Pakistani troops fired during the day in Shahpur sub-sector of Poonch, in which two persons were killed and 6 others, including a BSF jawan, injured and five houses suffered damaged, security officials had said.
Meanwhile, In a U-turn, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has ruled out contesting the forthcoming state Assembly elections, saying that he does not want to “limit” himself to one constituency. “The entire state of Maharashtra is my constituency and I do not want to limit myself to just one constituency,” Raj told reporters here last night. After MNS received a drubbing in the Lok Sabha elections, Thackeray had announced that he and his party would contest the Assembly elections in Maharashtra. Raj had also reportedly said that he would become the Chief Minister if his party romps home in the electoral battle.
“People have a lot of love for and expectations from our party. If the mandate is for MNS, I will not hesitate to lead it,” he had said. The MNS head is finalising candidates for the state Assembly elections due in October. (PTI)
