BJP leader spews vitriol against Pakistan, boasts about breaking it ‘into four pieces this time’

Swamy admits India had hand in breaking Pakistan into two in 1971

Days after General Raheel Sharif warned against any threats to country, India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy threatened to break Pakistan “into four pieces” while admitting India's role in splitting Pakistan in 1971.

The BJP leader launched an offensive, going on a tirade against the Pakistani government and calling it “useless, lacking confidence and frustrated”.

“India is confident. We already ripped them into two last time; next time we will break them into four pieces."

Swamy asserted that “India would never want to declare war against Pakistan,” saying if the latter desires war, India is ready for it.

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He went on to say that India had never declared war on anyone, "We have always been a country which has never gone to war with anybody, unless the war is forced on us," he added.

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His comments came just days after army chief General Raheel Sharif’s strongly-worded statement, vowing Pakistan was ready to tackle any threat.

Addressing a ceremony in connection with the Defence Day on September 6, he had said, "Pakistan is capable of dealing with all kinds of internal and external threats, be it conventional or sub-conventional, cold start or hot start. We are ready."

The article first appeared on One India