India on Thursday launched a scathing attack on Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir’s recent threats and accused Islamabad of using anti-India rhetoric to deflect from its own domestic failures.

“We have seen reports regarding a continuing pattern of reckless, war-mongering and hateful comments from Pakistani leadership against India. It is a well-known modus operandi to whip up anti-India rhetoric time and again to hide their own failures,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Thhursday during a press conference.

Randhir Jaiswal also warned that “any misadventure from Pakistan will have painful consequences, as was demonstrated recently during Operation Sindoor.” Jaiswal stated that Pakistan would be well-advised to temper its rhetoric as any misadventure will have painful consequences as was demonstrated recently during Operation Sindoor.

He said this in reference to the recent military standoff in May when India responded strongly to Pakistan's drone and missile attack after Delhi targetted terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

The statement from the MEA came after Pakistan’s foreign ministry defended Munir’s statement, made during his US visit, in which he reportedly warned Islamabad would “take half the world down” if faced with an existential threat from India.

However, India condemned such statements as “nuclear sabre-rattling,” calling them “highly irresponsible” and a threat to regional and global security.

India also expressed concerns that such threats came from a military establishment “hand-in-glove with terrorist groups,” creating doubt over the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal. The MEA also slammed Munir for making such remarks on the soil of a friendly third country.