Pakistani establishment wants to see Hindus and Muslims fighting all the time: Asaduddin Owaisi

Owaisi also appealed to people to put aside their political differences and not let those who want to weaken the unity of India win. File pic

AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi hit out at Pakistan on Monday, stating that whether it is the country's intelligence agency ISI, the terrorist organization ISIS, or the Pakistani establishment, all these groups seek to incite conflict between Hindus and Muslims. He further claimed that the Pahalgam terror attack was carried out with the same intent.

"Whether it is ISI or ISIS, or the deep state, the establishment in Pakistan wants that in this country, there will always be fighting between Hindus and Muslims. That is why they did this (Pahalgam). The agenda of killing non-muslims, our brothers and sisters, was only one as they wanted to say that no non-muslim can come here," Owaisi said during a press conference in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Shambhaji Nagar district, reported ANI.

Owaisi stated that he will demand the government to ensure that Pakistan be put back on the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force, which identifies countries with deficiencies in countering money laundering or anti-terrorism activity. He further said that India can also do a cyber attack on Pakistan or a naval or air blockade.

"My demand is that it is necessary to bring Pakistan to the FATF grey list, the Financial Action Task Force, bring them to the grey list. They are funding terrorism with illegal money. So, this is important to bring Pakistan into the grey list. We will demand this from this government. We should also do a cyber attack on them, we have ethical hackers, we can also do a naval and air force blockade," Owasi stated, according to ANI.

He also appealed to people to put aside their political differences and not let those who want to weaken the unity of India win.

"We are appealing to everyone that you might have your political differences, but do not let those people win, who want to weaken this unity, weaken this nation," Owaisi noted.

When asked about the actions the government has taken against Pakistan, he said, "The government will take a decision, they will think and make a decision. Our job as the opposition is to say take strong action against this; this has to finish. You have to leave some things to the government."

The Pahalgam terror attack is one of the deadliest attacks in the Valley since the 2019 Pulwama strike, in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed. Following the Pahalgam terror attack, India has taken strong measures against Pakistan for its support of cross-border terrorism.

Since then, India has taken multiple diplomatic steps, including reducing the strength of the Pakistani High Commission in India and recalling of defence officials from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.

(With inputs from ANI)