New Delhi, February 06, 2023 (PPI-OT):Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said former Pakistan president General Pervez Musharraf was “once an implacable foe of India” but became a “real force for peace” later on, drawing the BJP’s ire. Tharoor’s social media post condoling his demise evoked a sharp response from the Hindutva BJP which accused the Congress of “Pakistan parasti (worshipping)”. “’Pervez Musharraf, Former Pakistani President, Dies of Rare Disease’: once an implacable foe of India, he became a real force for peace 2002-2007,” Tharoor said in a tweet.

“I met him annually in those days at the UN and found him smart, engaging and clear in his strategic thinking. RIP,” the former minister of state for external affairs said. Indian minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar slammed Tharoor for his tweet. Tagging Tharoor’s tweets, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poona Walla said, “Once upon a time Musharraf had hailed Rahul Gandhi as a gentleman perhaps that endears Congress to Musharraf??” he said. “From 370 to Surgical Strike to doubting Balakote Congress echoed Pak line and hails Musharraf but called our own chief ‘Sadak Ka Gunda’. This is Congress!!” Poona Walla said.

In another tweet, the BJP leader shared an old video of Musharraf talking about his son being invited by Rahul Gandhi and Musharraf’s wife, brother and son being invited for lunch by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when they were on a Delhi visit, during his tenure as the Pakistan president. BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia also slammed Tharoor saying, “Sharm ek Sheikh to Sharm Kar Shashi. Misplaced priorities of a former external affairs minister.”

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