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Singh also described Pakistan as the biggest violator of human rights.

Singh's speech at the SAARC summit was not broadcast by Pakistani media. "The way the Home Minister was treated" in Pakistan made even the opposition parties to rally behind the Government as Janata Dal United leader Sharad Yadav "strongly condemned" Pakistan not maintaining protocol. He said the "entire nation stands united" on this issue.

 Singh's statement was discussed in the Rajya Sabha a day after he returned from his  24-hour visit to Islamabad.

"I urged all (SAARC) members that terrorists should not be glorified nor should they be patronized," he told the Rajya Sabha in reference to the death of Hizbul terrorist Burhan Wani and the subsequent violence in Kashmir that has left about 50 people dead. 

India has deplored Pakistan for eulogising Wani and calling  protest marches against his killing.