Pakistan never deployed its army against its own people ! : Arundhati Roy’s anti-India venom

It is true that India has used its Army against traitors to the Nation amongst its citizens, in places such as Kashmir, Punjab, Manipur, etc.; however, Pakistan has been using its Army against innocent citizens of Baluchi, Pashtuni, Pathani descent and has been committing genocide against them for many years. Pro-Pakistan Arundhati Roy is knowingly not mentioning this. Therefore, Roy should be booked for activities traitorous to the Nation and sentenced to jail.

New Delhi – In an undated video, Arundhati Roy claimed that India has ‘perpetually waged war’ against its own citizens since Independence. She cited Kashmir, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Telangana, Punjab, Goa, and Hyderabad as examples. Roy further argued that Pakistan has not deployed its army against its own people in the way India has, and described the Indian state as an ‘upper caste Hindu state perpetually at war’.

The remarks, shared online by professor and writer Anand Ranganathan drew strong reactions from several social media users, who accused Roy of distorting history and being ‘venomous against her own country’.

Sharing the clip, Anand Ranganathan wrote, “When irresistible weed meets immovable hallucination”. He added, “According to Arundhati Roy, the 1961 liberation of Goa by India was in reality an upper-caste Hindu state waging a war against Christians”.

Former Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal says : Pakistan too has used its Army against its own people

Kanwal Sibal, the former Foreign Secretary and current Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University also criticized Roy’s statement. He said – ‘She is venomous against her own country. Deeply anti-Hindu. Supports terrorism against the Indian state. Blatantly distorts the truth to support her deeply communal and anarchist agenda’. Kanwal Sibal said he rejected Arundhati Roy’s statement that Pakistan does not use its Army against its own citizens.

He cited Pakistan’s use of tanks and air power in Operation Zarb-e-Azb (2014), Operation Rahat-e-Nijat campaign in South Waziristan (2009), Musharraf’s offensive in Balochistan in which artillery was used to kill Nawab Akbar Bugti (2006), and the continuing Operation Azm-e-Istehkam launched in June 2024.