Pakistani Nuclear Threats Show Lack Of Confidence In Its Conventional Forces: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat

Slamming Pakistan for raising nuclear bogey after India scrapped the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat said that threat of nuclear weapons shows that Islamabad lacks faith in its conventional forces, reports Economic Times.

General Rawat also said that India is aware of the emerging threats from Pakistan and is fully prepared to meet any challenge. He added that Pakistan has made fresh deployments along the Line of Control (LoC) as a ‘precautionary’ step, as it fears strong Indian retaliation if any terror attack happens in India.

“When you don’t have confidence in the abilities of your conventional forces to deter the adversary, you start using the nuclear bogey," the Army chief said.

He added that there have been signs that Pakistan has made additional deployments along the LoC even as it has given a free run to terror organisation operating from its soil.

“Pakistan appears to have made precautionary deployments because there could be attempts of a terror attack. Terrorists are getting a loose rope on their soil, they are getting emboldened. And should they succeed in carrying out a terror attack—though we are fully prepared—they would expect retaliation from us. If you perpetrate violence, you cannot get away," he said.

“There will be attempts to instigate violence in J&K once restrictions are lifted. Pakistan realises that it is good for it to instigate violence. We are ready to handle it,” General Rawat said.