NEW DELHI: A day after India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress of colluding with Pakistan to defeat the BJP in the Gujarat polls, Islamabad hit back and asked not to be dragged into domestic electoral battles.
Islamabad further said that Modi’s allegations – of a recent “secret three-hour meeting” attended by Congress and Pakistani officials – are “fabricated conspiracies, which are utterly baseless and irresponsible”.
India should stop dragging Pakistan into its electoral debate and win victories on own strength rather than fabricated conspiracies, which are utterly baseless and irresponsible.
— Dr Mohammad Faisal (@ForeignOfficePk) December 11, 2017
Without furnishing proof, Modi on Sunday claimed a meeting took place recently in (now suspended) Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar’s house that was attended by the Pakistan’s high commissioner, its former foreign minister, former India prime minister Manmohan Singh, and former Vice-President Hamid Ansari.
Last week, Modi accused Aiyar of putting out a hit on him while on a visit to Pakistan to ensure peace between India and the neighbouring country.
The Congress hit back at Modi, saying the real colluder with Pakistan is the BJP, whose government gave Pakistani intelligence officials access to the country’s top air force base in Pathankot after a terror attack there.
“If he wants to fight the Gujarat elections in Pakistan, I want to ask who invited people from the (Pakistani intelligence agency) ISI to come to one of India’s most important defence bases in Pathankot,” asked Congress spokesman RS Surjewala.
He was referring to Pakistan’s joint investigation team – including an official from ISI – being given access to the Pathankot airbase in March 2016. The access was purportedly to help Pakistan complete its investigation into the Pathankot terror attack which took place in January last year. This access was allowed even though Islamabad hadn’t at the time responded to India’s formal request for judicial assistance.
Did Congress leaders meet Pak officials in New Delhi? That is the question.
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