rediff.com
rediff.com
News
      HOME | NEWS | REPORT
Wednesday
May 22, 2002
1313 IST

NEWSLINKS
US EDITION
SOUTH ASIA
COLUMNISTS
DIARY
SPECIALS
INTERVIEWS
CAPITAL BUZZ
REDIFF POLL
DEAR REDIFF
THE STATES
ELECTIONS
ARCHIVES
US ARCHIVES
SEARCH REDIFF








 Bathroom singing
 goes techno!



 Your Lipstick
 talks!



 Make money
 while you sleep.



 Secrets every
 mother should
 know


 Search the Internet
         Tips
E-Mail this report to a friend
Print this page Best Printed on HP Laserjets



Time for a decisive battle has come: Vajpayee

Our Correspondent in Srinagar

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Wednesday said the time has come for a decisive battle (against Pakistan).

Addressing armymen in Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir, Vajpayee said, "We want peace and India to be prosperous, but are forced to fight a war. We will win this war. Let there be no doubt about it."

Close to 1000 soldiers were called from the LoC to hear Vajpayee's speech.

Without naming Pakistan in his speech, Vajpayee said, "We tried all kind of peace efforts with our neighbour, but nothing worked with them."

Referring to the Kargil war of 1999, he said, "They tried to capture our land but failed miserably. In the last 54 years whenever war was forced upon us, we have retaliated and won."

"They did not take even the dead bodies of their soldiers after the Kargil war. But we gave them respect and buried them," Vajpayee added.

"The enemy (Pakistan) does not fight us (directly). They are fighting a proxy war. They are preparing young men to fight in the name of jihad. They are employing mercenaries and do not come in front of us," he said.

Vajpayee also said there was a limit to India's tolerance of the proxy war it was facing (from Pakistan).

"Nobody should think that the threshold of our tolerance has no limit," he said.

"The world understands that we have been wronged, but they are not coming out with their views openly. Hence we have to defend ourselves," he said.

"My arrival here is indicative of something. Whether our neighbour understand it or not, whether the world takes note of it or not, but the history will record that we will write a new chapter of victory... there is no doubt about it," he said.

Referring to the Kaluchak killing, he asked, "What kind of fight or struggle is this where mothers and children are massacred?"

The prime minister also praised the army saying the entire nation is behind them in their endeavour to guard the country's borders.

With inputs from PTI

Related Report:
Vajpayee arrives in Srinagar, Security tight

Back to top

Tell us what you think of this report

ADVERTISEMENT      
NEWS | MONEY | SPORTS | MOVIES | CHAT | CRICKET | SEARCH
ASTROLOGY | CONTESTS | E-CARDS | NEWSLINKS | ROMANCE | WOMEN
SHOPPING | BOOKS | MUSIC | PERSONAL HOMEPAGES | FREE EMAIL| MESSENGER | FEEDBACK