Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at Pakistan at the UN General Assembly on Saturday. He said the country has been “using terrorism as a political tool.” Modi added that the danger of “regressive thinking and extremism” is rising in the world.
A day after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan brought up the Kashmir issue at the UNGA, Modi replied, “Those who use terrorism as a political tool have to understand that terrorism is an equally big threat for them.”
Modi further termed India as the “mother of all democracies” and referred to his own journey as a politician as an example in his speech. He started his speech with a condolence message for the victims of Covid-19 and covered issues like climate change, poverty, developments in Afghanistan.
Referring to himself in the third person and lauding India’s democracy, he said “It is Indian democracy’s strength that a small child who once helped his father at a tea stall is today representing India as its prime minister at the UN General Assembly.”
Earlier Modi held bilateral talks with US President Joe Biden and vice president Kamala Harris. He spoke about developments in Afghan
