LONDON / NEW DELHI, May 30 — Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha launched a scathing attack on Pakistan during the Ideas for India Conference 2025 in London, urging the global community to stop treating Islamabad as a victim and instead recognize it as a perpetrator of terror.
Speaking at the international forum hosted by UK-based think tank Bridge India, Chadha called for a fundamental shift in how global powers engage with Pakistan. “Lies and loans cannot go together. Diplomacy fails with duplicity, terror nullifies tolerance, and blood cannot mix with water,” Chadha said, calling for a complete halt to international aid to Pakistan.
Chadha’s remarks came in the aftermath of the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, where 26 civilians were killed. He referred to the Indian response — Operation Sindoor — as a “shining example of strategic precision and moral clarity.”
“India didn’t seek permission to act. It acted — swiftly, decisively and proportionately. We demolished terror infrastructure, not civilian or military targets,” Chadha said. “India has made it clear: we are for peace, but don’t mistake peacefulness for weakness. Our hand of friendship can become a fist of retribution.”
During the special session titled India in a Multipolar World, Chadha described India’s growing strategic autonomy as vital to bridging the Global North and South. He also highlighted the role of India’s youth and technological advancement in shaping the country’s future.
“We started the same journey in 1947,” Chadha noted. “India today is the fourth-largest economy, exporting software, education, dairy and agriculture. Pakistan exports only one thing — terrorism.”
He criticized the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for continuing to bail out Pakistan, asking, “Where is this money going? Is it going to schools? Hospitals? Infrastructure? No — it is funding the nefarious designs of a regime that fuels radicalization.”
Chadha, who also addressed the Asian Leadership Conference in Seoul earlier this month, reiterated India’s right to self-defense. “We are the land of Gandhi, but also of Bhagat Singh and Bose,” he said. “India believes in non-violence, but those who support terror will face consequences.”
Calling for global accountability, he concluded: “It’s time the world stops viewing Pakistan through a lens of sympathy and starts seeing it for what it truly is.”
Chadha, recently named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, used the international platform to not only defend India’s position on cross-border terrorism but also to project it as a responsible power that combines diplomacy with deterrence.
