Pak should stop supporting militancy: Gadkari

Amritsar, Jan 16 (PTI) Accusing Islamabad of pursuing
double standards, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday
said Pakistan cannot simultaneously talk of peaceful relations
with India and carry out a proxy war against the country.
"Pakistan which talks of peaceful relations with India on
the one hand is carrying out a proxy war with its neighbour on
the other. This depicts the double standards of Pakistan",
BJP President Nitin Gadkari told reporters here.
Asserting that New Delhi wanted cordial ties with
Islamabad, the new BJP chief said Pakistan will have to stop
its "vigorous support" to militancy if it really wanted to
improve relations with India.
"If Pakistan whole-heartedly wants better relations with
India, then it must stop vigorously supporting militancy and
militant outfits on its soil", he said.
Advising both India and Pakistan to cut down their
defence budgets, he said the two countries should focus
instead on combating poverty and ushering in development.
Talking about Ram Temple, he said the party's main issues
or agenda remained unchanged and added that there could be
three ways of resolving the issue.
One, by negotiation between the two religious groups
involved, two by a bill in Parliament and the third option was
to wait for the final court verdict, he said.
Asked about the re-organization of the party, he said he
had recently taken over as party president and it would not be
appropriate to say anything on this issue. PTI