Congress Should Expel Navjot Singh Sidhu For Alleged Pro-Pakistan Stand on Pulwama Attack: Parkash Singh Badal
Badal was replying to a query on the Punjab minister who had, while denouncing the terror attack that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF personnel, asked if entire Pakistan must be held responsible for the terrorist activities patronised on their soil.
Chandigarh, February 18: Parkash Singh Badal of the Shiromani Akali Dal said that Navjot Singh Sidhu should be suspended from the Congress party for his comments on Pakistan after the Pulwama terror attack. The former Punjab CM also demanded that a case should be registered against those who make anti-national statements. Navjot Singh Sidhu To Be Fired From The Kapil Sharma Show Over His Pulwama Attack Statements! #BoycottSidhu Becomes The Top Trend On Twitter!
Badal was replying to a query on the Punjab minister who had, while denouncing the terror attack that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF personnel, asked if entire Pakistan must be held responsible for the
terrorist activities patronised on their soil and refused to criticise Pakistan after the Pulwama terror attack saying, "Terrorism has nothing to do with nation or religion." Pulwama Attack: What Has This Bloodshed Got to Do with Kartarpur Corridor, Asks Sidhu.
Sidhu, who made his political debut as a BJP MP in 2004, joined the Congress ahead of the 2017 assembly polls in Punjab, had drawn flak last year as well when he visited Pakistan to attend the swearing-in of Prime Minister Imran Khan and greeted a top military official of the neighbouring country with a hug.
The former cricketer’s latest remarks have evoked outrage in political circles as well as on the social media and he has apparently been asked to leave a comedy show hosted by Kapil Sharma. However, talking about the withdrawal of security and other facilities extended to separatist leaders, the Union minister said, “For long, we have treated them like guests. Time has come to mete out a treatment to them that traitors deserve.”
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