Rajnath says Pak a rogue nation, IAEA must put its nukes under supervision

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said Pakistan’s nuclear weapons should be put under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as these were not safe in the rogue nation.

Shortly after landing in Srinagar on his first trip to Jammu and Kashmir since Operation Sindoor, Rajnath said the country would not tolerate nuclear blackmail by Pakistan and would strongly punish cross-border terrorism.

Addressing soldiers at Badami Bagh Cantonment, the headquarters of the Army’s 15 Corps, the Defence Minister said, “The entire world saw how Pakistan repeatedly threatened India with nuclear weapons. Today, from the land of Srinagar, I want to raise this question before the world whether nuclear weapons are safe in the hands of such an irresponsible and rogue nation?” He said the IAEA must immediately put Pakistan’s nuclear weapons under supervision. The minister described Operation Sindoor as the “biggest action taken by India against terrorism in its history”. “For the last 35-40 years, India has been facing terrorism being carried out from across the border. Today India has made it clear to the whole world that we can go to any extent against terrorism,” he said. Rajnath said Operation Sindoor had sent a clear message to terrorists and their masters hiding in Pakistan that they were not safe anywhere. “Our PM has already made it clear that terrorism and talks will never go together. If there are talks, the focus will only be on terrorism and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir,” he said.

“You all avenged the massacre with such bravery and intelligence,” Rajnath said.