The Union home ministry has lambasted the statements made by 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed saying that the principal and consistent stand of the Indian government on the issue is that Jammu and Kashmir is the integral part of India. Recent statements of Hafiz Saeed is simply a re-articulation of the agenda of terrorist constituency which thrives across the border, official sources said.
In an address to his supporters massed outside his Johar Town residence, the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) leader, who was released from house arrest on Friday, had vowed to continue the "jihad" for Jammu and Kashmir's "independence".
"Just as I am free today, Kashmir will also be free one day," Saeed had said, adding that it is because of Kashmir that India has been after him.
“Such statements have been made repeatedly in the past and each time they have received an appropriate and resounding response on the ground from the people as well as law enforcement agencies,” said MHA officials.
The border guarding agencies will maintain the high level of vigilance to thwart any attempts made by the terror machinery under Saeed to create trouble in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country.
Saeed, who carries a $10 million bounty announced by the US for his role in terrorist activities, was released just after Thursday midnight, after a Lahore High Court review board turned down the government's arguments that he was a threat to public safety.
(With inputs from agencies)
