‘Forked Tongue’: MJ Akbar Likens Pakistan To ‘Snake’ In Denmark, Calls Out ‘Hold Talks’ Bluff

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Last Updated:May 31, 2025, 14:09 IST

MJ Akbar called out Pakistan's "hold talks" bluff during his address in Denmark and said that the neighbour has a "forked tongue" and its government has a "double face".

Former Union Minister MJ Akbar, who is a part of the delegation led by BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad to Denmark, likened Pakistan to a “snake", stating that the country holds talks “with a poisoned and forked tongue".

Highlighting that Pakistan has a government with a “double face", he said that their calls for talks are only a “bluff".

His remarks came in reference to the sham requests by Pakistan to hold talks in the aftermath of India’s Operation Sindoor, which brought the Pakistani military to its knees after Indian missile strikes that destroyed 11 of the enemy’s airbases on May 10.

“Even well-meaning friends will ask you, why don’t you talk to Pakistan? Pakistan has a government with a double face, which face do we talk to? Pakistan has a government with a forked tongue. Whose tongue do we address? Pakistan has talks with a poisoned tongue. Who gets hurt when a tongue is poisoned? A snake is never killed by its own poison," Akbar said.

#WATCH | Copenhagen, Denmark | Former Union Minister MJ Akbar says, “Even well-meaning friends will ask you, why don’t you talk to Pakistan? Tell them Pakistan has a government with a double face, which face do we talk to? Pakistan has a government with a forked tongue; whose… pic.twitter.com/VJZ7rcvBK4— ANI (@ANI) May 30, 2025

“And yet we have the moral courage to say that we will talk on the issues that matter. We will not waste our time on talks that have become an excuse. All talks with Pakistan are simply a period during which Pakistan exploits in order to prepare itself for the next terrorist attack. The talks are nothing but a bluff," the former minister added.

The BJP leader also praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the firm decision to give a nod to Operation Sindoor to the armed forces and said that he has called out Pakistan’s bluff.

“We now have a leader who has actually called out Pakistan’s bluff…Nobody has made as much effort to bring a nation with a genetic disorder to its senses," he said.

Akbar is part of a team constituting members from different political parties, including BJP MPs Ravi Shankar Prasad, Daggubati Purandeswari and Samik Bhattacharya, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, Congress MPs Ghulam Ali Khatana and Amar Singh, and Ambassador Pankaj Saran.

The Central government has formed several such teams as part of a diplomatic effort after Operation Sindoor — a military strike targeting terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), carried out in response to the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam.

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