Why didn't Parrikar object to PM, Advani's Pakistan trip: Digvijay

August 27, 2016 17:09

Congress leader Digvijay Singh today criticised Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar for his "Pakistan is hell" remark and sought to know whey he did not object when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP leader L K Advani visited the neighbouring country.

The former Madhya Pradesh CM said Parrikar's remarks on Pakistan and his reported comments on Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan reflected "intolerance" by BJP-RSS leaders.

"Parrikar made a famous statement terming Pakistan as hell, but he had no objection when the PM went to Pakistan to attend a family wedding of (Prime Minister) Nawaz Sharif," he said.

"He (Parrikar) had no objection when L K Advani placed a wreath at the 'mazar' of M A Jinnah and praised him as a secular leader. He had no objection when (then Prime Minister) A B Vajpayee went to Lahore in a bus," Singh said.

"Why he did not agitate within his party when these senior leaders went to Pakistan?" Singh asked and added that Congress strongly condemns Parrikar's statement equating Pakistan with hell.

"A BJP leader in Karnataka filed a sedition case in the Court against our former Member of Parliament Ramya for saying 'Pakistan is not hell'. How can Ramya's statement be termed seditious?" the Congress veteran maintained.

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