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During a visit to Brussels, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad accused Pakistan's generals of running the country through a "military-terrorist coalition," calling it a threat to democracy and global security.
Prasad said the group raised "strong concerns" about cross-border terrorism. (Photo: X/@rsprasad)
New Delhi,UPDATED: Jun 6, 2025 05:55 IST
BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad declared during a visit to Brussels that Pakistan is effectively being run by a "military terrorist coalition," warning European leaders that the threat posed by Islamabad’s deep-state nexus is a danger to democracy and humanity worldwide.
Leading an all-party delegation to global capitals in the wake of Operation Sindoor, Prasad said the group raised "strong concerns" about cross-border terrorism, placing India at the centre of the global anti-terror conversation.
"We raised that India is an economic powerhouse and the generals of Pakistan run that country with the help of a military terrorist coalition, which is a threat to democracy and humanity," Prasad told ANI, describing the EU visit as "very satisfying."
The former Union Minister also added, "We also spoke about what human rights mean -- whether the victims of terrorism have human rights or not -- and India is their voice. They appreciated it very much, so it was a very fruitful visit."
Former Deputy Security Advisor Pankaj Saran, who is part of the same delegation, stated that the European Union understands India's evolution into a "major economic geopolitical force." Saran, underscoring India's rising strategic stature, said the EU clearly understands "India’s evolution into a very major economic geopolitical force."
"So they clearly understand that India is the fourth-largest economy, that the future relationship between India and the European Union is actually fundamental," Saran said. "The second underlying thread of all the discussions was the commonality of democracy, diversity and plurality."
Saran accused Pakistan of attempting to destabilise democratic structures: "What Pakistan is trying to do is destroy the social and democratic fabric of India, of Europe, and therefore of the anti-democratic world. So we are here pitted against a military dictatorship, and therefore there can be nothing negotiable with them."
With inputs from ANI
Published By:
Satyam Singh
Published On:
Jun 6, 2025
