The accusations follow Singh's remarks that India has shown that it can attack its enemies not only on its soil, but also in a foreign territory, if need be.
The National Conference ((NC) accused the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh of "war mongering" on Monday.
The accusations follow Singh's remarks that India has shown that it can attack its enemies not only on its soil, but also in a foreign territory, if need be.
"It smacks of a war cry and war mongering, which do not behove a person of his position and authority in the Union government. It does not befit the second most populous country and the largest democracy in the world against a country that is one fifth of the size and population of India. It is unfortunately a language of an arrogant boaster and a bully. This will not help matters but only aggravate tension and animosity in the region," said Sheikh Mustafa Kamaal, Additional General Secretary National Conference and uncle of former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah.
Kamaal's statement comes a day after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said "khoon ki holi" is being played at the interational border with Pakistan, and appealed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan not to turn the state into a "jung ka akhara", and instead make it a bridge for friendship.
More than 12 people have been killed in Pakistani shelling at the Line of Control (LoC) and International border (IB) since January 17, 2018. More than 50 people have suffered injuries and thousands of people have fled their homes. Schools and educational institutions in the five kilometer range of the IB and LoC have been shut as a precautionary measure.
"Wars between the two countries since partition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947, 1965, 1971, and the short Kargil war in 1999 have yielded nothing but death, destruction, and heightened hatred and bickering between the two countries, in which none was the victor, but people the worst sufferers," Kamaal added.
The NC leader said the belligerent attitude of the Union Home Minister "is perhaps timed with eyes on the upcoming elections in several state assemblies and the 2019 Parliament election".
"Falsehood does not go far and truth always prevails. Rajnath Singh should be well advised to show serious concern for the growing Indo-Pak hostility which, if allowed to grow, will only lead to confrontation and an open war. Nobody will be the victor and the only loser will be the common man on both sides and probably beyond," he said.
Kamaal also blamed New Delhi for playing a spoilsport during the Indo-Pak talks. "It is very unfortunate that India has always played a spoiler at the highest level during the Indo-Pak talks for resolving the problem of J&K state," he said.
The remarks come on a day when intermittent firing continued in some sectors at the LoC and IB. "(Areas under) 16 corps are generally quiet since Sunday evening except for some minor exchange of fire on Monday afternoon in Naushera sector (along the LoC)," said an army spokesman at Nagrota-based White Knight Corps.
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