Overview
- Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi dismissed Ajit Doval’s comments as hate-mongering driven by imagined historical vendettas.
- Andrabi said Pakistan had taken note of the remarks and argued such language undermines responsible diplomacy and regional stability.
- Doval made the comments on January 10 at the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue, using the word “avenge” in urging national development informed by past subjugation.
- In the address, Doval invoked figures including Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose, and Bhagat Singh, and emphasized strengthening India economically, socially, and at its borders.
- Indian government sources, quoted by News18, characterized Pakistan’s response as strategic anxiety and reiterated India’s zero-tolerance stance on cross-border terrorism.