World needs to mindful of how Pakistan harbouring terrorism: TMC's Abhishek Banerjee in South Korea

Abhishek Banerjee warns against Pakistan's support for terrorism during high-level dialogue in Seoul with Korean think tanks.

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, who is part of an all-party parliamentary delegation visiting South Korea, on Monday (May 26, 2025) warned that the world needs to be very careful and mindful of how Pakistan has been harbouring terrorism.

At a high-level dialogue with Korean think tanks in Seoul, Mr. Banerjee said, “Breeding a snake in your backyard and expecting it to bite only your neighbour is the last thing one should think of”.

“Once that snake is unleashed, it will end up biting whoever it can. A snake remains a snake. So we need to be very careful and mindful of how Pakistan has been harbouring terrorism and terrorists from 9/11, 26/11 to Uri, Pahalgam - repeatedly, one after another terror attacks. Osama Bin Laden was found in Abbottabad, a place in Pakistan,” he said.

"We want to tell this with all humility and grace that any support extended to Pakistan is a support to terror organisations. Anyone endorsing or defending Pakistan’s actions is, in essence, backing terrorism," he said.

Mr. Banerjee is part of the delegation led by Janata Dal United (JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Kumar Jha.

He said, “The April 22 Pahalgam terror attack is no more a matter of India’s national security, it has turned out to be a global imperative now”.

“Time and again we have been saying this, how Pakistan has been harbouring, shielding and sheltering terrorists in their own land,” He said “the attack in Pahalgam is a testament to the fact that Pakistan does not want the Indian economy to prosper”.