It's funny to hear pakistanis equating a few hindu nationalist parties with terror groups like LeT. When has Modi or Thakerey sent gunmen on the streets of Karachi? Yes, there were riots between hindus and muslims in bombay and gujrat. Those were communal riots, not organised terrorism.
Shiv sena rally:
RSS rally:
Lashkar rally:
Mujahideen rally:
Notice any difference?
Yes, political parties in India have rioted, or destroyed public property; and they have done so in pakistan as well. But to equate that to the armies of trained terrorists emanating from pakistan is a joke.
I really sympathise with pakistanis on this. Whenever the existence of a pakistani terror group is pointed out, they start cribbing about bal thakerey or colonel purohit (who is in prison BTW). The political parties of India are only about as destructive as those in neighbouring countries. No more, no less. But the terror factory in pakistan has no parallel anywhere else in the world.
Shiv sena destroying a cricket ground to prevent pakistani cricketers playing there is unfortunate, and is a crime. But it is in no way comparable to international teams being chased out of the country with rockets and machine guns by terrorists armed with military grade weapons. Hindus and muslims killed each other (oh yes, hindus died too, you know) in 2002 and 1993; but that cannot be a perpetual comeback point for the existence of every mass terror group in pakistan. I could go on all day pointing out the difference, but what's the point? Next time the world's most wanted terrorist is killed in pakistan, or armies of lashkars and mujahids threaten their country, or terrorist maniacs from pakistan kill people in railway stations and hotels in mumbai or elsewhere, @
Spring Onion and @
Windjammer will be here talking about colonel purohit and bal thakerey. As if political violence and communal tensions are the same thing as armies and armies of organised, equipped, trained terrorists and being the hub of the global jehad network.