New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who sent out a terse message to Pakistan at SAARC Home Minister conference yesterday and returned to India the same evening, will make a statement in Parliament on his visit to the neighbouring state.
Rajnath Singh, who returned home yesterday after attending the seventh SAARC Home Ministers conference, said that he would unfold the facts relating to his visit in the Parliament.
Evading media pressure, Singh said that he had placed India's point of view across Pakistan, adding all information can be gathered from his speech which is now in the public domain.
However, the Home Minister briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about his visit to Pakistan.
During his terse speech, Singh launched a veiled attack on Pakistan, saying mere condemnation of terrorism and individual acts by terrorists was not enough.
He categorically stated that there is no good or bad terrorist. Singh said that strongest action should be initiated not only against terrorists but also against organizations, individuals and nations supporting terror.
However, Singh's speech during the meet was blacked out. Members of the Indian media, who had come from New Delhi to report on the conference, were not allowed to cover the speech.
They were reportedly kept at a distance by Pakistani officials.
Some reports said that there was an aggressive verbal exchange between officials of the two sides over the issue. Only Pakistan state PTV was allowed to cover introductory speeches of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan.
Even private Pakistani media not allowed to cover the event.
Media reports also said that his scheduled news conference at Delhi Airport was cancelled.
However, government sources later described the reports of a ‘blackout' of Rajnath Singh's statement during the SAARC ministerial meeting as “misleading”.
Singh arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday amid protests by supporters of the Hizbul Mujahideen and the Harkat ul Mujahideen.
The protests were held at a distance of about 10 kilometers from the National Assembly. Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin was also present during the protests.
