Time to give reply to Pakistan in same coin, it must feel same pain: Bipin Rawat on killing of BSF jawan

Earlier on Thursday, Pakistan Prime Minister Khan said in a tweet said "Disappointed at the arrogant and negative response by India to my call for resumption of the peace dialogue,"

Image: Army Chief Bipin Rawat (PTI/File)

NEW DELHI: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Saturday said there is the need of stern action to avenge the barbarism that terrorists and the Pakistan Army have been carrying out. While commenting on Pak PM Imran Khan's reaction to India calling off the meeting between Foreign Ministers, he said we have made no bones about the fact that talks & terrorism can't go hand in hand. Pakistan needs to curb the menace of terrorism. In his remark, Army Chief also said that it is time to give it back to Pakistan in the same coin, not resorting to a similar kind of barbarism. He also said that “but I think the other side must also feel the same pain” Earlier on Thursday, Pakistan Prime Minister Khan said in a tweet said "Disappointed at the arrogant and negative response by India to my call for resumption of the peace dialogue," "However, all my life I have come across small men occupying big offices who do not have the vision to see the larger picture," he said in a sharp reaction. India on Friday cited the "brutal" killing of three policemen in Jammu and Kashmir as well as the release of the postal stamps "glorifying" Kashmiri militant Burhan Wani for calling off the meeting between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York this month. Addressing a press conference, MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar had said: "The latest brutal killings of our security personnel by Pakistan-based entities and the recent release of a series of 20 postage stamps by Pakistan glorifying a terrorist and terrorism confirm that Pakistan will not mend its ways." Kumar said India had agreed for a meeting with Pakistan foreign minister on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly later this month because of the spirit that was reflected in the letters of Prime Minister Imran Khan to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.