Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took a poetic jibe at Pakistan over violations along the international border just hours after a ceasefire was announced between the two countries.
Tharoor, in his post on X (formerly Twitter), wrote: “Uski fitrat hai mukar jaane ki… uske vaade par yakeen kaise karu?”, which roughly translates to: “It’s their nature to turn back on their word (change a decision). How do I trust their promise?”. He also used the hashtag “#ceasefireviolated” in the post.
Prior to the ceasefire while the two countries were engaged in fierce confrontation, Tharoor had said that Pakistan “would know better than to escalate” attacks. This was in reference to India’s “measured and non-escalatory” Operation Sindoor that targeted terror sites in Pakistan as a one-off retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack.
“I think India’s position and signalling has remained consistent. If you don’t escalate, we will not escalate. We are not the ones creating a war. That is a very consistent message,” he had said
On Saturday night, firings and drone sightings were reported in the border areas — from Srinagar and Anantnag in and Kashmir to Barmer in Rajasthan and Kutch in Gujarat.
Soon after, India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, in a media briefing, called upon Pakistan “to take appropriate steps to address these violations”, adding that the Indian armed forces were giving an appropriate and adequate response.
