'Will Burn His Effigy': BJP's Nationwide Stir Today Over Pak FM Bhutto's Attack on Modi | Key Points

The personal attack by Pakistani foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a press conference at the United Nations in New York has sparked an outrage across the country and left the Bharatiya Janata Party fuming. In a statement on Friday, BJP said it will launch nationwide protests over Bhutto’s “derogatory” comment.

Let’s Look At Some Key Developments

• The Bharatiya Janata Party said there will be protests in all the state capitals across the country. BJP karyakartas will burn the effigy of Pakistan and Pakistani Foreign Minister and will strongly condemn the shameful statement of Pakistani Foreign Minister,” BJP said in a statement on Friday.

• Responding to media queries, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said: “Pakistan foreign minister’s frustration would be better directed towards the masterminds of terrorist enterprises in his own country, who have made terrorism a part of their state policy. Pakistan needs to change its own mindset or remain a pariah.”

(With inputs from ANI)

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