India on Sunday said the Pakistan government was “reading” from Lashkar-e-Taiba's terror script in hailing Kashmiri militant Burhan Wani whose death on July 8 last year sparked months-long deadly unrest in Jammu and Kashmir.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay condemned in a tweet the praises showered upon Wani and other Kashmiri militants by the Pakistan government and its army on his first death anniversary.
“First @ForeignOfficePk (Pakistan Foreign Office) read from banned LeT's script. Now Pak COAS (Chief of Army Staff) glorifies Burhan Wani. Pakistan's terror support and sponsorship need to be condemned by one and all,” Baglay tweeted.
The tweet was in response to Pakistan using Wani's death anniversary on Saturday to rake up the Kashmir issue.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 8 July paid tributes to militant commander Burhan Wani, saying his death "infused a new spirit in the struggle for freedom" in the Kashmir Valley.
Sharif in a message on the first anniversary of Wani's death said that India cannot suppress the voice of the people of Kashmir through brute force.
Wani was the commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, responsible for several attacks against security personnel in Kashmir.
“The blood rendered by Burhan Muzaffar Wani has infused a new spirit in the freedom movement. The Kashmiri people are steadfast to take their movement to logical conclusion,” Sharif said.
Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa also praised the militant commander.
Bajwa said Hizbul Mujahideen militant Wani's “sacrifice” was “testimony” of his and his generation's “resolve” against “Indian atrocities.”
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