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Published: Thursday, Nov 10, 2011,
20:36 IST
Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
describing his Pakistani counterpart
Yousuf Raza Gilani as a "man of
peace" after their meeting in Maldives
on Thuled to fresh sparring between
BJP and Congress in Delhi.
"The Prime Minister of India has erred
in describing Gilani as a man of peace.
The central issue between India and
Pakistan has been cross-border
terrorism and there is nothing Pakistan
has done to warrant the impression
that they are serious about tackling
the issue," BJP leader and former
External Affairs Minister Yashwant
Sinha said.
He was reacting to the remark of
Singh after a meeting with Gilani on
the sidelines of the SAARC Summit in
Addu in Maldives.
Sinha said the Prime Minister seemed
to be "oblivious" to what his own
people were saying.
Congress was quick to denounce
Sinha's criticism saying the Opposition
party's memory is narrow and it would
be better if it first looked into its own
track record vis-a-vis Pakistan when
NDA was in the power.
"BJP's memory is not only weak but
also very narrow. Before making any
such comments, it should look into its
own track record. Before making such
light comments, BJP should check its
knowledge of diplomacy," AICC
spokesperson Manish Tewari said.
He added, "I want to ask BJP, who
took the bus to Lahore. Did nothing
happen after the Lahore step. Who
attacked on Parliament, the Assembly
of Jammu and Kashmir. Then why (the
NDA Prime Minister) Atal Behari
Vajpayee invited Pakistani President
Pervez Musharraf to India. Who gave
the certificate of secularism to
Muhammad Ali Jinnah?"
Echoing similar views, Minister of State
for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla
said, "why should somebody feel
pained if the Prime Minister is trying to
build peace between two countries."
---------- Post added at 10:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:04 PM ----------
Fresh sparring between BJP-Congress over Pakistan PM - India - DNA
20:36 IST
Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
describing his Pakistani counterpart
Yousuf Raza Gilani as a "man of
peace" after their meeting in Maldives
on Thuled to fresh sparring between
BJP and Congress in Delhi.
"The Prime Minister of India has erred
in describing Gilani as a man of peace.
The central issue between India and
Pakistan has been cross-border
terrorism and there is nothing Pakistan
has done to warrant the impression
that they are serious about tackling
the issue," BJP leader and former
External Affairs Minister Yashwant
Sinha said.
He was reacting to the remark of
Singh after a meeting with Gilani on
the sidelines of the SAARC Summit in
Addu in Maldives.
Sinha said the Prime Minister seemed
to be "oblivious" to what his own
people were saying.
Congress was quick to denounce
Sinha's criticism saying the Opposition
party's memory is narrow and it would
be better if it first looked into its own
track record vis-a-vis Pakistan when
NDA was in the power.
"BJP's memory is not only weak but
also very narrow. Before making any
such comments, it should look into its
own track record. Before making such
light comments, BJP should check its
knowledge of diplomacy," AICC
spokesperson Manish Tewari said.
He added, "I want to ask BJP, who
took the bus to Lahore. Did nothing
happen after the Lahore step. Who
attacked on Parliament, the Assembly
of Jammu and Kashmir. Then why (the
NDA Prime Minister) Atal Behari
Vajpayee invited Pakistani President
Pervez Musharraf to India. Who gave
the certificate of secularism to
Muhammad Ali Jinnah?"
Echoing similar views, Minister of State
for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla
said, "why should somebody feel
pained if the Prime Minister is trying to
build peace between two countries."
---------- Post added at 10:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:04 PM ----------
Fresh sparring between BJP-Congress over Pakistan PM - India - DNA