Manohar Parrikar says, Pakistan Playing Dangerous Game in Kubhushan Jadhav’s Case
Previous Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar has said Pakistan is playing a “perilous diversion” on account of Kulbhushan Jadhav, sentenced to death in the neignbouring nation on charges of spying.
“Pakistan is playing a perilous diversion. Pakistan ought to comprehend that if India begins retaliating then it doesn’t have the ability to battle back, whatever they may extend themselves to be,” the Goa Chief Minister told the Doordarshan in a meeting which was broadcast tonight.
“In any case, we need peace. We don’t need incitement. So they ought to send Jadhav back,” he said.
“As a matter of first importance, they have abducted him. He was not in Pakistan. He was in Iran. Iran has said that the Taliban grabbed him and took him to Pakistan. Pakistan has a propensity for accomplishing who knows what,” Parrikar said.
“….(External Affairs Minister) Sushma Swaraj has given a well-suited answer – ‘we won’t stay silent’ (if Pakistan executes Jadhav). The nation will do what is required. We can deal with Pakistan in the event that it tries to do anything foolish,” he said.
A military court in Pakistan has sentenced Indian maritime staff Jadhav to death for affirmed undercover work. The Indian government responded emphatically to the improvement saying if the sentence were to be done it would be considered as “pre-pondered kill”.