Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said that his trust in Pakistan on the issue of fighting terrorism has been “completely shaken” as the kind of support which India expected from it was not coming.
As the Modi government completed two years in office, Singh also made it clear that not allowing the National Investigation Agency (NIA) team to probe the Pathankot terror strike will amount to “betrayal”.
In interviews to news channels, the home minister said, “My trust has been completely shaken. The kind of support which we should be getting from them (Pakistan) on the issue of terrorism, that is not happening. I do not have any hesitation in saying this,” he said.
On Pathankot, he said it was mutually agreed “informally” by the two countries that once Pakistan’s Joint Intelligence Team would visit India, an NIA team would be allowed. “We are waiting that NIA team is allowed to visit Pakistan,” he said.
“It is unfortunate that no action has been taken on Pathankot terror case. Those connected with Pathankot terror case must be punished,” he said.
“This has been discussed at Secretary Level also and this is the proposal from this side also that your team has come, our NIA should also go. We are waiting for a response from Pakistan. Let us see what the response from Pakistan is,” he added.
