PM Modi calls on Pakistanis to ask their 'rulers' to fight against corruption, not India

Asserting that the surgical strike across the Line of Control has wreaked havoc in the Pakistani establishments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called on the citizens of the hostile neighbour to ask it government to focus its attention on the corruption and black money in the country, not against fighting India.

"Pakistan is not far from here, still look at the valour of our army soldiers. When they conducted surgical strike, it created havoc across the border," he said at the foundation ceremony of All India Institute of Medical sciences (AIIMS) in Bhatinda.

Sending a message to the people of Pakistan, the Prime Minister added, "I want to speak to the people of Pakistan once again. They must talk to their rulers and decide whether they want to fight against India or not. They should tell their rulers to fight against corruption and fake notes."

On September 25 Prime Minister Modi had asked Pakistanis to ask their rulers that why at a time India was exporting software to the entire world, Pakistan was bent on exporting terrorism.

Prime Minister's remark was in response to terrorist strike at the Army camp on September 18, where 18 soldiers were killed.

This also comes at a time when Pakistan on Thursday asked the United Nations to act before the escalation along the LoC becomes a "full-fledged crisis."

Earlier, outgoing Pakistan army chief General Raheel Sharif warned India that if Pakistan ever launched surgical strikes, India would not be able to forget it for generations.

"If Pakistan were to launch surgical strikes, India would not be able to forget it for generations to come," Sharif said days before his scheduled retirement.

While dismissing India's assertion that it had carried out surgical strikes in Pakistan, Sharif said that its army was capable of teaching a lesson to the Indian armed forces.