CHANDIGARH: India’s minister of state for home, M M Jacob said Friday reports of involvement of the inter-services intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan in “some unpleasant militant acts in India” had led to a “dangerous situation”.
Carrying on in the same propagandist vein he said “reports also indicate that the ISI is slipping out of the hands of the Pakistan government. It is not clear whether the Pakistan government is under, the ISI is under the Pakistan government,” he said at a press conference here after visiting border Outposts at Ferozepur.
Jacob, who is on a two-day visit to the state, said Pakistan, did not appreciate “our good gestures” despite efforts by India to normalize with that country.
“Pakistan should stop training militants at various training centers. I had even pointed out 13
Such training centers across the: border to Islamabad,” he Said. Asked what new measures were being adopted by the center to deal with the Punjab problem, he Said a new action Plan in tune with the changed Situation would soon be announced, He also reiterated the centers
Determination to hold elections in the border state by February 15 and said concrete steps were being taken to create conditions for initiation of a political process in the state.
Article extracted from this publication >> December 6, 1991
