Ratan Tata “Proud” of India’s Move to Boycott SAARC Summit in Pak
Amid heightened tension with Pakistan over Uri attack, India had announced that its pulling out of the Summit.
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Leading industrialist Ratan Tata commended the government's decision to boycott the SAARC Summit in the wake of the Uri terror attack.
"So proud of Indian govt's firm stand on bycot of SARC mtg & overwhelming support by member nations (sic)," Tata tweeted on Wednesday.
The tweet by Tata Group Chairman Emeritus received over 3,200 likes and was re-tweeted more than 2,000 times.
Amid heightened tension with Pakistan over the Uri attack, in which 18 jawans were killed, India had announced its decision of pulling out of the Summit on Tuesday citing increased "cross-border" attacks.
Apart from India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan have also pulled out of the SAARC Summit in Islamabad in November, indirectly blaming Pakistan for creating an environment which is not conducive to the successful holding of the meet, resulting in its collapse.
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