New Delhi: The Congress took a swipe Saturday at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sending best wishes to his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan on the eve of the neighbouring country’s ‘National Day’.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala reminded Modi of his own words asking him to stop writing ‘love letters’ to Pakistan and alleged that his ‘muscular politics’ is aimed at only the people and the media.
The attack came after Modi sent his best wishes to Khan on the Pakistan National Day, which is celebrated March 23 every year to mark the Lahore Resolution treaty.
“Mr 56 of the Sari-Shawl-Impromptu Pak visit for Birthday-ISI invite fame diplomacy was feeling very shy yesterday. Guess? Chowkidar hid the fact that he had wished Pak PM on Pak National Day without a word on Pak terrorism. Muscular politics soap opera for people and media only,” Surjewala said on Twitter. “Modi ji, Stop writing this Love Letter to Pakistan.”
Surjewala also posted a video of Modi’s interview to a channel where he had said that Pakistan needs to be talked to in the language it understands and that writing love letters to it should be stopped. Modi was referring to then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s letter to then Pakistan President.
PTI