New Delhi, BJP accused Congress on Friday
The ruling party, which has apologized for Pakistan and terrorism emanating from its soil, cited Mani Shankar Aiyar's comments to criticize it.
In comments that have gone viral on social media, Aiyar is heard saying that India should give due respect to Pakistan and hold talks with it. The former Union minister suggested that if India rejects the neighboring country, some mad person there may use the nuclear bomb.
Responding to the controversy, Iyer said in a statement that it was clear from the sweater he was wearing in the video that he had made the comment on a chill pill in winter several months ago.
“With the BJP's election campaign faltering, they are now doomed.I refuse to play their games. Interested persons may please read relevant excerpts from my two books 'Memoirs of a Maverick' and 'Th Rajeev I' released by Juggernaut last year. Knew”, the Congress leader said.
In an attempt to corner the opposition amid the high-stakes Lok Sabha elections, the BJP has fielded Union minister Rajiv Chandrashekhar to attack the Congress.
He said that Iyer wants India to fear Pakistan and respect it. He said, “New India is not afraid of anyone.''He claimed that his comments exposed the intentions, policies and ideology of the Congress.
"Under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, Congress has become a supporter and protector of Pakistan and its terrorism," he told reporters.
The BJP leader cited recent comments of several Congress leaders to make his point.
Leader of the opposition in Maharashtra, Vijay Wadettiwar had said that IP officer Hemant Karkare was murdered by a policeman associated with the RSS and was not a Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab and former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi had said that the recent terrorist attack in Poonch was The incident was dismissed. He said the Air Force officer's death was an election stunt.He alleged that Congress leader Digvijay Singh had suggested that the Mumbai terror attack was an RSS conspiracy.
Chandrashekhar said, Congress acts, talks and behaves like a supporter of Pakistan's terrorism.
As the Congress did recently with Sam Pitroda, who was accused of making racial remarks, it will distance itself from Aiyar, but it is clear that there is a pattern in the comments made by its leaders, he said. .
The ruling party, which has apologized for Pakistan and terrorism emanating from its soil, cited Mani Shankar Aiyar's comments to criticize it.
In comments that have gone viral on social media, Aiyar is heard saying that India should give due respect to Pakistan and hold talks with it. The former Union minister suggested that if India rejects the neighboring country, some mad person there may use the nuclear bomb.
Responding to the controversy, Iyer said in a statement that it was clear from the sweater he was wearing in the video that he had made the comment on a chill pill in winter several months ago.
“With the BJP's election campaign faltering, they are now doomed.I refuse to play their games. Interested persons may please read relevant excerpts from my two books 'Memoirs of a Maverick' and 'Th Rajeev I' released by Juggernaut last year. Knew”, the Congress leader said.
In an attempt to corner the opposition amid the high-stakes Lok Sabha elections, the BJP has fielded Union minister Rajiv Chandrashekhar to attack the Congress.
He said that Iyer wants India to fear Pakistan and respect it. He said, “New India is not afraid of anyone.''He claimed that his comments exposed the intentions, policies and ideology of the Congress.
"Under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, Congress has become a supporter and protector of Pakistan and its terrorism," he told reporters.
The BJP leader cited recent comments of several Congress leaders to make his point.
Leader of the opposition in Maharashtra, Vijay Wadettiwar had said that IP officer Hemant Karkare was murdered by a policeman associated with the RSS and was not a Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab and former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi had said that the recent terrorist attack in Poonch was The incident was dismissed. He said the Air Force officer's death was an election stunt.He alleged that Congress leader Digvijay Singh had suggested that the Mumbai terror attack was an RSS conspiracy.
Chandrashekhar said, Congress acts, talks and behaves like a supporter of Pakistan's terrorism.
As the Congress did recently with Sam Pitroda, who was accused of making racial remarks, it will distance itself from Aiyar, but it is clear that there is a pattern in the comments made by its leaders, he said. .
