Oppn leaders endorsed Imran Khan's comments on Indian leadership: BJP

September 24, 2018 23:21

BJP general secretary Ram Madhav today alleged that opposition leaders in the country have endorsed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's comments on the Indian leadership.

"Today, when Modi ji's government took a tough decision against atrocities committed in Kashmir by Pakistan... when Imran Khan, who just the other day assumed power with the mercy of the army, speaks improper things, opposition leaders in India are endorsing it," he said.

He was speaking at a book release function organised by Pragna Bharati, an organisation working on social and political issues.

"We may have 100 differences. You fight with us. You continue lies about Rafale. But when it comes to respecting India's constitutional head of the government, he is the Prime Minister of 125 crore Indians," Madhav said.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Sunday said his country's offer of "friendship" to India should not be considered as its weakness and the Indian leadership should shun "arrogance" to hold peace talks.

Khan had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking to re-start bilateral talks on key issues, including on terrorism and Kashmir.

India initially agreed to a meeting between Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York this month.

However, New Delhi on Friday called off the meeting, citing the "brutal" killing of three policemen in Jammu and Kashmir as well as the release of the postal stamps "glorifying" Kashmiri militant Burhan Wani.

Ram Madhav said that the BJP had expressed strong disapproval when former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made 'improper' comments on then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2013.

"As the opposition at that time, we stood up and said we are with Manmohan Singh. We have 100 differences with him. But he is Prime Minister of India. He is Prime Minister for 125 crore Indians, how dare Nawaz Sharif insult him," he said.

Madhav alleged that the present opposition is not able to imbibe Indian values of self-respect, among other things. -- PTI

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