As Former Vice President Hamid Ansari Denies Pak Journalist Hyperlink, BJP Backs Declare With Picture

As Former Vice President Hamid Ansari Denies Pak Journalist Hyperlink, BJP Backs Declare With Picture [ad_1]

BJP stepped up its assault on ex-Vice President Hamid Ansari for alleged hyperlink with a Pak journalist

New Delhi:

The BJP at present stepped up its assault on the Congress over ex-Vice President Hamid Ansari's alleged reference to a Pakistani journalist and cited a photograph of each allegedly sharing stage throughout a convention in India.

Pakistani journalist Nusrat Mirza has claimed that he had visited India 5 occasions through the UPA rule and handed on delicate info collected right here to his nation's spy company ISI.

Nusrat Mirza allegedly mentioned that he had visited India on Hamid Ansari's invites and likewise met him.

Mr Ansari, nevertheless, has dismissed the cost as a "litany of falsehood" and mentioned he by no means met or invited the journalist.

Earlier, citing Nusrat Mirza's claims that Hamid Ansari shared many "delicate and extremely categorised" info with him, the BJP had accused the previous Vice President of inviting the Pakistani journalist to India who has claimed to have spied for the ISI.

Addressing a press convention on the BJP headquarters on Friday, the celebration's nationwide spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia confirmed an image of Hamid Ansari allegedly sharing a stage with Nusrat Mirza at a convention on terrorism right here in 2009.

Individuals holding constitutional posts ought to act responsibly and will haven't shared the stage with Nusrat Mirza, Mr Bhatia mentioned.

Hitting out on the Congress, Mr Bhatia mentioned intelligence clearance is required for holding such programmes and welcoming dignitaries from overseas.

For a programme of somebody holding a constitutional publish, protocol dictates that his workplace gathers details about these concerned within the occasion. In such a state of affairs, wouldn't it not be appropriate to consider that the Congress needed an individual from Pakistan to enter India and damage its integrity, he alleged.
 

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