Difficult to resume composite dialogue with Pak: Rao

“I did not want to bring the name of Hafiz Saeed and Jamaat-ud-Dawah and the LeT … we feel (they) continue to roam,to speak,to be allowed unhindered access to media,to channels to communicate that agenda (of violence).. that effects us,our people are concerned about it,” Rao said.

The general feeling in India right now is: “We have suffered too much for too long,” she said.

“It is very,very difficult to be convinced in such a situation that we should set aside these concerns and just move on. And that is why,I said when you talk of resuming composite dialogue (it) becomes very,very difficult to do that in the current situation,” Rao said.

At the same time,she said the door for talks with Pakistan had never been shut. India has always condemned terrorist attack inside Pakistan,” Rao,who is in the US on a six-day visit,said. “We have never in any way condoned that. We condemn it whole heartedly.”

Earlier in her address also,she ruled out resumption of composite dialogue with Pakistan till Islamabad guarantees that terrorism can be controlled by its authorities.

“Today,Pakistan claims that it is in no position to give us such a guarantee that terrorism can be controlled by its authorities. In such a situation,the people of India who are already bitterly affected by the series of terrorist attacks directed against them,can hardly be expected to support the resumption of a full-blown Composite Dialogue with Pakistan,” Rao said.

She asserted that despite the brazen and malignant nature of the threats India face,New Delhi has made several genuine efforts to restore trust and confidence.

“Aggressive pronouncements by persons identified by the world as terrorists continue to be made openly against India. Distinctions made between the various terrorist outfits are now meaningless,since they are now in effect fused both operationally and ideologically,” she said.

“We have consistently emphasised the need for governments concerned to act decisively to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism and to effectively deal with groups that perpetrate it.”

However,Rao said,”our restraint should not be confused with weakness or unwillingness to act against those that seek to harm our people,create insecurity and hamper our developmental goals.”