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Pakistan not only harbours terrorism but is directly involved in it: Yogi Adityanath

UP CM Yogi Adityanath said that it should open the eyes of the entire world that Pakistan not only harbours, shelters or sponsors terrorism but also is directly involved in terrorism

Published on: May 9, 2025, 11:33:35 IST
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Uttar Pradesh chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that it is a proven fact that Pakistan is involved in terrorism and it will be struggle for its existence.

Continuing his criticism of Pakistan, Adityanath said that the armed forces gave Pakistan a befitting reply. (ANI file photo)
Continuing his criticism of Pakistan, Adityanath said that the armed forces gave Pakistan a befitting reply. (ANI file photo)

“India under any circumstances is a victor and will continue to be the victor”, Yogi said while addressing an event commemorating Maharana Pratap Jayanti.

“You all must have seen how shameless Pakistan’s top armed forces officers, and some politicians were seen at the funeral of the terrorists. It should open the eyes of the entire world that Pakistan not only harbours, shelters or sponsors terrorism but also is directly involved in terrorism”, he said.

“And now with this direct involvement with terrorism, Pakistan will now be seen struggling for its very existence”, he added.

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CM Adityanath invoked the sacrifices of Maharana Pratap and said this day became more significant today.

“Maharana Pratap Jayanti this time becomes all the more significant today, when you all have seen the kind of act that Pakistani terrorists did in Pahalgam on April 22 with our tourists...Indian had resolved to teach Pakistan a lesson”, he said.

“And our armed forces gave a befitting reply to Pakistan. Our PM Narendra Modi’s Sankalp was executed well by our Army, Navy, and Air Force. They gave Pakistan a befitting reply. Now you must have seen how Pakistan is isolated in the world and is seen whimpering”, said.

 
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Pankaj Jaiswal

Pankaj Jaiswal is Bureau Chief, Uttar Pradesh. He covers-analyses politics, and assists Hindustan Times reporters across the state. He has 30 years of experience in print media reporting. Based in Lucknow, he started his journalism career at a national English daily in Kanpur after graduating from Christ Church College. He joined Hindustan Times, Lucknow edition, as part of the launch team in 1997. He’s covered everything from rural distress to science, environment, wildlife, and crime. He has travelled extensively in Uttar Pradesh for rural, development, political, and election reporting. His continued interest in rural issues, rural distress, and development journalism has fetched him a handful of prestigious awards and fellowships. Pankaj is a photojournalist too. He clinched the Statesman Award for Rural Reporting—First Prize in 2009 and Third Prize in 2006—for exposing Bundelkhand’s devastating drought and distress: crop failures, farm suicides, migration, debt, and the injustice of meagre compensation cheques between Rs 10 and Rs 20 to farmers by the government from crop loss. He also has been awarded with Hindustan Times internal 'Journalist of the Month' citation over half a dozen times. His relentless reporting in Hindustan Times pulled the Bundelkhand crisis out of obscurity and forced it into the national spotlight, prompting media and government action on one of India’s most neglected regions. Over a decade, he filed hundreds of hard-hitting stories, travelling repeatedly from Lucknow deep into Bundelkhand. He also received the Special Mention KC Kulish International Award 2009. Pankaj also did long-haul political reporting on the most intense political family feud—’The Yadav Family Feud’—between 2016 and 2022.

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