Nitish regrets minister's remarks giving clean chit to Pak

August 11, 2013 13:44

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today regretted his minister Narendra Singh's remarks giving clean chit to Pakistan for the killing of five Indian soldiers by the Pakistani army on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district recently.

The Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh's remarks on martyrdom of five Indian soldiers is regrettable, Kumar told reporters in reply to question.

Singh on Tuesday had given a clean chit to Pakistan saying that he did not think that Islamabad was responsible for the killing of five Indian soldiers on the LOC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir and had said that the attack might have been carried out by terrorists from across the border in the disguise of Pakistani soldiers.

He had also described Pakistan as India's 'younger brother' and a neighbour during a press conference in his native Jamui district yesterday.

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