ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Sunday strongly rejected the anti-Pakistan tiradeby Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership during its electoral campaignsin two Indian states.The foreign office in a press release said, “We categorically reject theseallegations and threats as well as distortion of history and facts.”It was a question worth pondering by all concerned whether the current BJPrulers in India had anything else to sell to the electorate other thantheir animus towards Pakistan, it added.
“As we have repeatedly emphasized, the instrumental use of Pakistan fordomestic political gains and electoral dividends must come to an end inIndia,” it added.The anti-Pakistan tirade by the BJP leadership continued as the electoralprocess in the Indian states of Haryana and Maharashtra advanced. Insuccessive election rallies in recent days, Pakistan had been invokedrepeatedly.Statements had been made regurgitating baseless allegations of Pakistan’ssupport to terrorism and drug smuggling, threatening stemming the flow ofriver water to Pakistan, and taking credit for Pakistan’s historic decisionof opening of Kartarpur Corridor.
