Pakistan conspiring to divide India on religious lines: Rajnath

"Pakistan is conspiring to divide India on religious lines but it will not succeed. We were divided in 1947 on religious basis. We have not been able to forget that. All Indians are brothers, whether they are born from the womb of a Hindu mother or a Muslim mother," he said addressing a Martyrs' Day function in Kathua district. Singh said nowhere in the world other than India 72 sects of Islam live together peacefully.

He said that as the Home Minister of the country, he wanted to make it clear that India is committed to taking along everybody and moving ahead on the path of development. He also offered India's cooperation to Pakistan to eradicate the menace of terrorism from its soil.

"If Pakistan is serious about eradicating terrorism but is incapable of doing that and wants cooperation, we are ready to help it eradicate terrorism from there," the minister said. He said, "We want to live in peace with Pakistan but it has indulged in sponsoring a proxy war against India."

Reacting to Rajnath Singh’s speech, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that while he agrees that Pakistan is trying to divide India along religious lines, the Home Minister and his 'boss' Prime Minister Narendra Modi have also been doing the same. "Yes Rajnath Singhji Pakistan is trying to divide India along religious lines; has it struck you that you and your boss have been doing the same?" he tweeted.