Manish Tewari hits out at Sidhu's advisors' remarks on JK, Pakistan

Senior Congress leader and national spokesman Manish Tewari in his tweet urged AICC Gen Secy Harish Rawat to seriously introspect that those who do not consider J&K to be a part of India and others who have ostensibly Pro Pakistan leanings should be a part of @INCPunjab. It mocks all those who shed blood for India.

Hyderabad: A day after Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh warned Navjot Sidhu's advisors' to desist from making "atrocious and ill-conceived comments" statements on Kashmir and Pakistan, senior Congress leader and senior national spokesman Manish Tewari today tweeted: I urge @harishrawatcmuk AICC Gen Secy I/C Punjab to seriously introspect that those who do not consider J&K to be a part of India & others who have ostensibly Pro Pakistan leanings should be a part of @INCPunjab It mocks all those who shed blood for India.

• I urge @harishrawatcmuk AICC Gen Secy I/C Punjab to seriously introspect that those who do not consider J&K to be a part of India & others who have ostensibly Pro Pakistan leanings should be a part of @INCPunjab
  It mocks all those who shed blood for India.https://t.co/j6hDuZ35ci

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  I urge @harishrawatcmuk AICC Gen Secy I/C Punjab to seriously introspect that those who do not consider J&K to be a part of India & others who have ostensibly Pro Pakistan leanings should be a part of @INCPunjab
  It mocks all those who shed blood for India.https://t.co/j6hDuZ35ci

  — Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) August 23, 2021

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  I urge @harishrawatcmuk AICC Gen Secy I/C Punjab to seriously introspect that those who do not consider J&K to be a part of India & others who have ostensibly Pro Pakistan leanings should be a part of @INCPunjab
  It mocks all those who shed blood for India.https://t.co/j6hDuZ35ci

  — Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) August 23, 2021

With Punjab Legislative Assembly elections to be held in February 2022 such statements could potentially damage the Congress prospects of coming back to power.

Captain Amarinder Singh yesterday took strong exception to recent statements of two of Navjot Sidhu's advisors on issues like Kashmir and Pakistan and urged Sidhu to rein in his advisors "before they end up doing more damage to India's interests".

He urged the Punjab Congress chief to ask his advisors "not speak on matters of which they clearly had little or no knowledge, and had no understanding of the implications of their comments".

Reacting to reported remarks of Sidhu's advisors Pyare Lal Garg questioning Amarinder Singh's criticism of Pakistan, as well as the earlier controversial statement of Malwinder Singh Mali on Kashmir, he expressed shock at their "extraordinary statements", which he said, were "totally misplaced and antagonistic" to the stated position of India and the Congress on Pakistan and Kashmir.

"Kashmir was and is an inalienable part of India," asserted the Chief Minister, adding that with his proclamation to the contrary, Mali had effectively and inexplicably toed Islamabad's line.

"This is totally anti-national," he said, also slamming Mali for failing to withdraw his statement despite the widespread condemnation it had evoked not only from other parties but also from within the Congress.