JAMMU, July 7 -- Senior BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta said that the international community's recognition of the growing threat of terrorism, especially cross-border terrorism, validates India's long-standing position on the issue. He was referring to the strong condemnation of the recent terror attack in Pahalgam killing 26 Hindu tourists, by the BRICS nations during the 17th BRICS Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Welcoming the "Rio de Janeiro Declaration," the BJP stalwart said the BRICS bloc has echoed India's consistent call for a "zero tolerance" approach to terrorism and rejected the dangerous double standards that some global players adopt while dealing with terrorist threats. "The collective stand...