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Mend your ways: BJP to Pakistan after attack on Narendra Modi

BJP officials said Pakistan should not interfere in India's internal affairs
New Delhi: BJP on Wednesday slammed Pakistan for attacking Narendra Modi and asked it to "mend" its ways, saying the "manner" in which they have been functioning with India "will not work". The opposition party, which is projected to be ahead in the possibility of forming the next government, said Pakistan should not interfere in India's internal affairs after its Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan's strong comments against Modi over Dawood Ibrahim issue.
BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said Modi had never talked about attacking Pakistan and was instead questioning Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's attitude of making public the governments efforts to bring back Dawood Ibrahim.
The Pakistani Minister had claimed that Modi, if elected as India's Prime Minister, would "destabilise" regional peace. "We will tell Islamabad to mend their ways, the manner in which they have been functioning and trying to work with India will not work," Lekhi said.
She said the Pakistani Minister had chosen to react to a statement of Modi which was critical of Indian Home Minister.
India did not interfere in electoral politics or internal affairs of other countries and expected the same from them, she said. "What I do not understand is, this person, Choudhary Nisar Ali Khan, who is the Interior Minister, is he admitting the presence of Dawood Ibrahim in Pakistan?
"When a person of the opposition party and the incumbent Prime Minister is making some remarks about the internal working of the country, how is Pakistan affected with that," Lekhi told a press conference here.
Khan said those who are giving statements that Pakistan is sheltering Dawood and launching operation on Pakistan soil "should realise that neither Pakistan is a weak country to be
afraid of such threats, nor?Pakistani nation can be impressed with such irresponsible statements."
Meanwhile Congress also joined BJP in attacking Pakistan for its remarks on Narendra Modi and demanded immediate handing over of India's most wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim.
"If such a statement is made by the Pakistan's Interior Minister, this is very unfortunate, condemnable and the Pakistan government must do introspection on it," Congress leader and Union Minister Manish Tewari told reporters here.
He was reacting to Pakistan Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan's claimed that Modi, if elected as India's Prime Minister, would "destabilise" regional peace. Khan's comments came after Modi questioned Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's attitude of making public government's efforts to bring back Dawood Ibrahim.
Tewari said Dawood, prime accused in the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai, is the most wanted fugitive in the country and there are several serious cases registered against him.
The Congress leader said Pakistan should hand over Dawood to India if he is taking shelter in that country. "If such a person, against whom many serious charges were framed, is staying in Pakistan, it is the responsibility of the Pakistan government to hand him over to India," he said.
BJP has also criticised Pakistan for attacking Narendra Modi and asked it to "mend" its ways, saying the "manner" in which they have been functioning with India "will not work".
( Source : PTI )
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