‘If Pak is hell, why didn't you object to Modi, Advani's trip’: Cong to Parrikar

Digvijaya Singh says Parrikar's remarks on Pakistan and comments on Aamir Khan reflect ‘intolerance’ by BJP-RSS leaders.

Panaji

: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday 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 Chief Minister 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 Prime Minister went to Pakistan to attend a family wedding of (Prime Minister) Nawaz Sharif,-" he said here.

The AICC General Secretary was talking to reporters after chairing a Coordination Committee meeting of the state party unit held in connection with Goa Assembly polls due in March 2017.

-"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.

The Rajya Sabha MP recalled that Parrikar also had an issue with Aamir over his remarks on -"rising intolerance-" in the country. -"The intolerance of BJP-RSS is reflected in the behaviour of Parrikar,-" the Congress leader stated.