Hamid Ansari's Denial Once more As BJP Releases Picture

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Clips of Nusrat Mirza's interview in Pakistan have been doing the rounds on social media. (File)

New Delhi:

Within the face of a contemporary assault by the BJP, ex-vice president Hamid Ansari on Friday stated he stands by his earlier assertion that he by no means knew or invited Pakistani journalist Nusrat Mirza to any convention.

Nusrat Mirza has claimed that he had visited India 5 instances through the UPA rule and handed on delicate data collected right here to his nation's spy company ISI. He purportedly commented that he had visited India on Mr Ansari's invites and likewise met him.

Mr Ansari, nonetheless, has dismissed the cost as a "litany of falsehood".

The BJP on Friday stepped up its assault on the Congress over the matter and cited a photograph of Mr Ansari and  Nusrat Mirza purportedly sharing the stage throughout a 2009 convention in India on terrorism.

"The previous Vice President of India stands by his earlier assertion that he by no means knew or invited Pakistan journalist Nusrat Mirza to any convention, together with the 2010 convention talked about by Nusrat Mirza or 2009 convention on terrorism or on another event," an announcement from Mr Ansari's workplace stated.

Rebutting the BJP's declare of inviting Nusrat Mirza, Mr Ansari had a few days earlier stated it's a identified proven fact that invites to international dignitaries by the Vice-President of India are on the recommendation of the federal government, typically via the Ministry of Exterior Affairs.

Clips of Pakistani journalist Nusrat Mirza's interview in Pakistan have been doing the rounds on social media for the previous couple of days wherein he acknowledged that he attended a seminar on terrorism in India wherein Ansari spoke.

Nusrat Mirza additionally claimed to have given secret and labeled data to the Pakistani spy company Inter-Providers Intelligence (ISI).

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