NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Monday hit-out at Congress party and questioned why it involves Pakistan in domestic polls.
The BJP chief raised the question in a tweet after former Rajya Sabha MP Mani Shankar Aiyar reportedly backed Jinnah's portrait in Aligarh Muslim University.
Jinnah has again hit headlines as some groups have protested against the portrait of Pakistan's founder at the office of Aligarh Muslim University student union's office.
The matter became a controversy after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Aligarh MP Satish Gautam questioned the portrait's presence.
"Congress and Pakistan have amazing telepathy. Yesterday Pakistan Government remembered Tipu Sultan, whose Jayanti Congress marks with fanfare and today Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar admires Jinnah," Said Amit Shah in a tweet.
Last year in December, the Congress suspended Mani Shankar Aiyar from the primary membership of the party. Aiyer, however, had earlier expressed regret for his comments after public censure from Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.
"Be it Gujarat or Karnataka polls, I fail to understand why Congress involves Pakistan!," Shah added.
Stating that during Gujarat elections we saw how dinner meetings with topmost Pakistan officials were held to defeat BJP and now mutual love for Tipu Sultan and Jinnah, Shah added, " I appeal to Congress not to involve foreign nations in our domestic politics. Let’s keep the discourse civil and positive."
On Friday, Pakistan tweeted about 18th-century ruler Tipu Sultan and then released a video remembering him on his 218th death anniversary.
Tipu was a ruler of the erstwhile kingdom of Mysore, and is considered by some historians to be an implacable enemy of the British East India Company. He was killed in May 1799 while defending Srirangapatna against the British forces.
Glorifying the 18th century Mysore ruler, Pakistan praised Tipu Sultan saying since he was trained in the art of warfare and had a fascination for learning.
The text in a video further stated that the Sultan ensured the right of minorities. He built a church, the first in Mysore, at the request of the French.
The video also labeled him 'the last arrow in the arsenal' who could stop the British Empire.
Last year, President Ram Nath Kovind had hailed Tipu Sultan, saying he died a heroic death fighting the British, remarks that came in the backdrop of protests by the BJP in Karnataka against his glorification.