'Soft corner for Pakistan': BJP slams Congress after Pitroda remark, Afridi praise for Rahul

NEW DELHI: BJP IT compartment main Amit Malviya connected Saturday launched a crisp onslaught connected Congress pursuing arguable remarks by erstwhile Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi and Congress person Sam Pitroda.Malviya slammed the expansive aged enactment for its alleged “soft country for Pakistan” and accused it of prioritising “appeasement implicit nationalist interest.”In a station connected X, helium wrote: "It can’t beryllium a coincidence. Not excessively agelong ago, rabid Hindu-hater Shahid Afridi showered praise connected Rahul Gandhi. Soon after, Sam Pitroda went a measurement further, declaring that Pakistan felt similar home. Congress’s brushed country for Pakistan is not new. It is the aforesaid enactment that accepted Partition, leaving Bharat to wage a dense price."

He added: "Time and again, Congress has chosen appeasement implicit nationalist interest. Save Bharat from Congress."The BJP absorption follows statements by Pitroda, who sparked caller statement with his overseas argumentation proposal advocating a “neighbourhood-first” approach. Speaking astir Pakistan, helium said helium had “felt astatine home,” pointing to the “common cistron pool” shared by the people.Afridi, meanwhile, praised Rahul Gandhi during a Pakistani TV discussion, calling him a person with a “positive mindset” and indirectly targeting the Congress neta by noting helium has been a “darling” of Pakistan. Afridi was besides captious of Prime Minister Modi and his administration.