SRINAGAR – Akbar Lone, the National Conference candidate from KupwaraOccupied Kashmir for the upcoming Lok Sabha election, has raisedpro-Pakistan slogans.
He even said in a recent rally that he would abuse those who abuse theneighbouring country.
At a time when India-Pakistan tension remains thorny due to activities andceasefire violations at the Line of Control (LoC), Lone said thatfriendship between the two countries is the only way forward.
He even raised pro-Pakistan slogans. “Pakistan should prosper. Pakistanshould be successful and may Indo-Pak friendship remain intact. I am asupporter of that friendship. If someone hurls one abuse at them(Pakistan), I will hurl ten from here,” he said.
“The nation is a Muslim nation. This means that if I abuse them, I amabusing myself.”
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Lone even said that BJP workers had previously yelled ‘Pakistan *murdabad*’slogans and he had immediately countered with ‘Pakistan *zindabad*’ slogansof his own.
Even as Lone has been generous in his praise for Pakistan, he has targetedPDP for being hand-in-glove with the BJP.