PM Modi on Sunday recalled the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the US, saying Indians constituted the highest number of victims after Americans and extended condolences to the bereaved families.
Speaking in his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme, PM Modi said this year marked 25 years since the 9/11 attacks and recalled his visit to New York after becoming Prime Minister in 2014, when he paid homage to the victims.
Among the innocent lives lost at the World Trade Center in the US, the highest number of victims–after Americans–were Indians. Today, once again, I extend my condolences to the bereaved families on behalf of crores of Indian citizens,” PM Modi said. This was the very entity which was the subject of such deep genuflection before us today by the representative of Pakistan. Today, India pursues a zero-tolerance policy against terrorism, and we are witnessing the results of that,” PM Modi said.
“This afternoon, the General Assembly heard some bizarre remarks from the representative of Pakistan. “The surgical strike boldly demonstrated to the entire world a new example of India’s counter-terrorism policy. Over the past decade–from the Balakot airstrike to ‘Operation Sindoor’–India has repeatedly sent a clear message: if terrorists dare to cast an evil eye on India, they will be met with a befitting response,” PM Modi added. “India has long suffered wounds inflicted by terrorist attacks. There was a time when serial blasts had become a common occurrence in the country. Friends, in the past too, there used to be demands for action against Pakistan following every terror attack, but such calls were often not given due attention; time to pass by was simply awaited.
Because its mastermind, Osama bin Laden, was living right on the doorstep of the Pakistani Army’s premier academy, this context is important to keep in mind. The ‘Surgical Strike’ was our decisive response to the long-standing pain India had endured due to terrorist attacks. Speaking in his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme, PM Modi said this year marked 25 years since the 9/11 attacks and recalled his visit to New York after becoming Prime Minister in 2014, when he paid homage to the victims. “This year also marks 25 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. I recall that after becoming Prime Minister in 2014, when I visited the US, I had reached New York to pay my homage to those innocent citizens. This happens just a fortnight after New York City and the world marked the 25th anniversary of the horrendous 9-11 terrorist attack. But all this is only to be expected from what Pakistanis themselves call a Form 47 government,” Gahlot said. It was in this very month of September – specifically on September 13, 2008 – that many innocent lives were lost in the serial blasts in Delhi. Just a few weeks later, the massive 26/11 attack took place in Mumbai.
