While Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday launched a frontal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for inviting Pakistan’s Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to India to probe the Pathankot a
While Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday launched a frontal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for inviting Pakistan’s Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to India to probe the Pathankot attacks, all hell broke loose on the social media after his Cabinet colleague Kapil Mishra in a tweet asked, “Do we have a ISI agent as PM now (sic)”
Mr Mishra’s controversial tweet caused a huge controversy on Twitter, with users criticising the Delhi minister for his irresponsible tweet. This prompted sharp reaction from the BJP which demanded Mr Kejriwal’s resignation for misusing the state machinery and using it for his own vested interests.
Mr Kejriwal criticised Mr Modi’s “invitation” to Pakistani JIT, which included an ISI official, and claimed it amounted to giving a “clean chit” to the spy agency for the Pathankot attack and demanded that he tender an “apology” for the “monumental” foreign policy failure.
Addressing a press conference at his residence, Mr Kejriwal said that the Centre’s decision to invite the Pakistani joint investigation team to probe the Pathankot airbase attack was a “monumental failure” and a “stab” in the back of “Bharat Mata.” He alleged that Mr Modi had entered into a deal with his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif during his Lahore visit in December, and sought to know its details “in the country’s interest.”
“The Prime Minister called over ISI officials despite being aware that it was behind the Pathankot terror attack which amounted to a clean chit. Now the JIT has reportedly claimed that India had itself staged the attack. No Prime Minister has capitulated before Pakistan the way Modiji has,” Mr Kejriwal said.
After such an “abject surrender,” who will believe India’s long-held position that the Pakistani spy agency is behind terror strikes in India. “It’s a monumental foreign policy failure,” the AAP chief said.
“But what is the reason behind this failure The country wants to know about the deal struck between Modiji and Sharif. The country is being sold. The Prime Minister should apologise to the people of the country,” Mr Kejriwal said.
Continuing his offensive, the Delhi chief minister also took on the BJP and the RSS through a series of tweets and pilloried Mr Modi for “shaming” India in front of Pakistan. “BJP/RSS people chant Bharat Mata ki Jai but stab Bharat Mata in the back by calling ISI to India (sic),” he tweeted.
