Who let Masood Azhar out: Rahul asks Modi, BJP

Pointing fingers at the BJP for being the one who allowed Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar to return to Pakistan and carry out militant activities over the years, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday asserted his party will deal with terrorism sternly and strictly.

“Who sent him there (in Pakistan)? How he went there?Which government sent him? The BJP negotiates with militants and buckles underpressure. They bowed down before terror.

   

“It was not done by the Congress,” Rahul said amidPrime Minister Narendra Modi taking credit for Azhar being designated “terrorist”by world body UN, and terror strikes to wipe out militant launch pads acrossthe border.

Addressing a mid-poll press conference here, the Congressleader said, “Masood Azhar is a “terrorist” and strict action should betaken against him.”

He also asserted that the Congress will never negotiate withterrorists.

“Terrorism has to be dealt with sternly,” headded.

He was responding to a question over Masood Azhar beingdeclared a global “terrorist” by the United Nation Security Council.

Azhar was released from a prison in India in 1999, in exchangefor 155 hostages held on an Indian Airlines flight that had been hijacked toKandahar, Afghanistan.

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