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AHMEDABAD, India Friday (AFP) A Hindu right-wing leader Thursday blasted the Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's renewed peace initiative with arch-rival Pakistan.

"The move comes as a body-blow to the brave personnel of the security forces who are daily sacrificing their lives to defend the country against Pakistan's evil designs," Pravin Togadia, senior leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP - World Hindu Council) said.

Togadia said the government's policy to negotiate peace diplomatically was a flawed one and added that it should build up international pressure on Pakistan to end "its terrorist activities in India".

"Pakistan has been waging a proxy war on India for over two decades without a day's let up and change of rulers has not made any difference," he said.

"Time has now come for India to decide whether it should surrender its children, innocent civilians and soldiers to the Pak-sponsored AK-47s or take the Jehadi Pakistan and terror network head on," Togadia added.

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