NEW DELHI: The Ministry of external affairs on Thursday slammed Pakistan for its anti-India rhetoric and warned of “painful consequences” if it does not temper its “reckless, war-mongering, and hateful comments.“In a press briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “We have seen reports regarding a continuing pattern of reckless, war-mongering, and hateful comments from Pakistani leadership against India.”“It is a well-known modus operandi of the Pakistani leadership to whip up anti-India rhetoric time and again to hide their own failures. Pakistan would be well-advised to temper its rhetoric, as any misadventure will have painful consequences, as was demonstrated recently,” he added.This comes days after Pakistan army chief Asim Munir issued sharp anti-India remarks, saying, “If we think we are going down, we’ll take half the world down with us.”
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Munir also reportedly threatened Reliance Industries Ltd’s Jamnagar refinery in Gujarat, the largest single-site refining complex in the world, as a possible target in any future military conflict with India.India, in response, said Munir’s remarks only reinforce longstanding concerns about the lack of civilian oversight in Pakistan’s nuclear decision-making, where the military operates “hand-in-glove” with terrorist organisations.Source : Times of India