EAM S Jaishankar blasts Pakistan for fanning terror in India: 'You will be consumed by it'

xternal Affairs Minister S Jaishanka at News18 Rising Bharat Summit.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday slammed Pakistan for fanning terrorism in the country and said, "If you start a terrorism industry you will be consumed by it."

While speaking at the Rising Bharat Summit in Delhi, Jaishankar commented on the Balochistan issue, and said, "People are suffering there but if I say anything there will be fingure-pointing."

Notably, Pakistan has claimed on several occasions that it is India which is propagating terrorism in the country and also destabilising Balochistan and the South Asian countries, after a series of attack on its soil, including the train hijack in Balochistan region in which dozens were killed.

On Pakistan, he said that we have seen people in Pakistan openly claiming that they are involved in terror activities in India. "I don’t have to say it, it’s visible, even they say it. It’s not like I am making an accusation, and everybody in Pakistan is denying it. You have people in Pakistan who openly declare that they are doing terrorist activity in India. This is not a hypothesis, this is something they proudly claim. All sensible people have maintained that if you start a terrorism industry, you will be consumed by it, and that is what we are seeing today," Jaishankar said.

When asked about the future of SAARC if Pakistan doesn't change its tack to use and employe terrorists, he replied with a question: "Would you be OK if we were nice to each other in the morning and I come and attack your house at night?"

When asked about the extradition of 26/11 Mumbai terror co-conspirator Tahawwur Rana from the United States, Jaishankar said that "there is nothing new on the Tahawwur Hussain Rana issue and India welcomes the decision by the American legal process."

Earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court rejected Rana’s application seeking a stay on his extradition to India. This comes after Rana’s plea against his extradition was rejected by the top court of the US last month.

Rana, 64, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, is currently lodged in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles. In February this year, Rana filed an “Emergency Application For Stay Pending Litigation of Petition For Writ of Habeas Corpus” with Elena Kagan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the US and Circuit Justice for the Ninth Circuit.

Authorities in Delhi and Mumbai have been asked to discreetly prepare special jail arrangements in line with guidelines from the US judiciary concerning extradited individuals.

Rana is likely to remain in the custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for the first weeks of his arrival. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and senior officials from the ministry of home affairs are closely monitoring the entire extradition process, the report added.

To date, the only LeT terrorist convicted for the attacks is Ajmal Kasab, who was captured alive during the 26/11 siege. In February, US President Donald Trump announced that Rana was “going back to India to face justice” and confirmed his extradition.