New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Idris Ali on Wednesday slammed Narendra Modi over the Pathankot attack by accusing the Prime Minister of having links with the terrorists.
“I feel that PM Modi has links with terrorists which is why Pathankot attack took place. Why did the Pathankot attack happen right after PM’s visit to Pakistan? This is my personal opinion,” Idris Ali told media persons.
Idris Ali is a TMC MP from Basirhat, West Bengal. Ali in the video is also seen threatening a Communist Party of India – Marxist (CPIM) leader if he dared to act against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Saradha scam. Idris warned CPIM leader Gautam Deb that he will cut-off his limbs if he tried to touch Mamata Banerjee in the Saradha scam.
“He’ll send her to jail? Who in the world is Gautam Deb to send her to jail? I am warning him, if he tries anything again, I, Idris Ali, will break his limbs and then he will go to jail. That’s where he belongs,” Idris said.
Pulling up the Idris Ali, the TMC condemned the party leader for his controversial comments. “Seen the footage of Idris Ali’s comments. They are crass and unhealthy. The party doesn’t endorse such views. He has been asked to explain in writing,” the TMC said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called up PM Modi on Tuesday to promise a probe into the “specific and actionable” information provided and a “prompt and decisive action” against the terrorists behind it.
Sharif conveyed his “heartfelt sadness and grief” on the loss of lives in the attack and “pointed out to PM Modi that whenever a serious effort for bringing peace between the two countries was underway, terrorists try to derail the process”, said a statement issued by his office.
The telephonic conversation takes place at a time when the Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan scheduled for this month looks in serious jeopardy with strong indications that the Modi Government may call off the engagement if evidence emerges that Pakistan’s state actors were complicit in the fidayeen raid on the air base.
(Agencies)
