Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar has said that terrorism and poverty elimination are two major challenges in front of India. <br/><br/>He was a addressing a lecture on Growing dominance of India in Asia and Challenges in Bhopal today. <br/><br/>Mr. Akbar said that India will have to eliminate poverty in the next ten years and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is determined to achieve this. He said if India becomes centre of economic prosperity, Asia will also become prosperous. <br/><br/>He said that terrorism cannot be eliminated without India's help in Western parts of the world. He alleged that Pakistan used terrorism as a state policy. <br/><br/>Mr. Akbar said that Kashmir issue is not related with land or geography, but it is a matter of ideology. He said that we will not allow the two nation theory to succeed again.