Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 13 (HBTV): After a report in the leading British daily The Guardian claimed that the country's external espionage agency RAW took out wanted terrorists deep inside Pakistan at the behest of the Centre, India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday underlined the government's unwavering commitment to respond to any act of terrorism perpetrated from across the border.   

Drawing a parallel with the previous Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, with regard to its response to the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai, the External Affairs Minister said a country "cannot have any rules" when dealing with the perpetrators of terror as the latter don't play by the rules.     

"After the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai, the UPA government held various rounds of discussion only to come to the conclusion that 'the cost of attacking Pakistan is more than the cost of not attacking it'. Something like Mumbai happens, if you don't react to it, how can you prevent the next one from happening?" the minister said during an interaction with the youths of Pune at the launch of the Marathi translation of his book 'Why Bharat Matters'. 

"They (terrorists) should not think; we are this side of the line, so no one could attack us. Terrorists do not play by any rules. The answer to terrorists cannot have any rules," the EAM added. 

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