New Delhi: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar referring to Myanmar operation hit out at Pakistan on Thursday saying those who “fear India’s new posture” have already started reacting.
He was speaking in a seminar on the need for simplication of defence procurement procedures, which, he said, required a change in mindset.
Parrikar said “If the thinking pattern changes, lot of things change. You have seen for the last 2-3 days. A simple action against insurgents has changed the mindset of the full security scenario in the country”.
Earlier Pakistan’s Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan had said, “Pakistan is not like Myanmar” and warned India that his country cannot be cowed down by the threats from across the border.
“Those having ill designs against Pakistan should listen carefully that our security forces are capable of matching response to any adventurism” he said.
Indian Army with the knowledge of Myanmarese authorities killed at least 38 insurgents who were part of the groups believed to be responsible for the ambush on June 4 that left 18 soldiers dead.
Following the Myanmar operation Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore had said that military action in Myanmar to hit back at rebels who killed 18 soldiers in Manipur was a message to other countries.