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Pakistan on Monday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks as ‘baseless and irresponsible’ responding to his allegations that it was meddling in the Gujarat assembly election. “India should stop dragging Pakistan into its electoral debate and win victories on own strength rather than fabricated conspiracies, which are utterly baseless and irresponsible,” Pakistan’s foreign affairs spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal tweeted.
While addressing a rally in northern Gujarat’s Palanpur on Sunday, Modi referred to a Facebook post by former director general of the Pakistan army Sardar Arshad Rafiq, saying that senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel should be the next Gujarat chief minister. The post was covered by a section of the Indian media.
Minutes later, Patel, Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s political secretary, hit out at Modi. “It’s a foregone conclusion that he has abdicated the politics of development in both action and words. But does it befit the stature of the Prime Minister to rely on canards, rumours & lies just for an election? This is very sad,” Patel tweeted.
