New Delhi: Muslim Rashtriya Manch, an RSS affiliate, has decided to withdraw its invitation to Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit for its annual Iftaar party after the latter downplayed the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pampore town that left eight CRPF personnel dead.
Basit had earlier shrugged off questions related to the attack, saying that media would be better off focusing on the Iftaar party hosted by the Pakistan High Commission.
“It’s the month of Ramzaan, let’s focus on this Iftaar party. The issue of Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed issue between India and Pakistan. It’s an issue which needs to be solved. We hope we will sit and discuss on the issue and find a solution. Let’s have the iftaar party and enjoy ourselves,” Basit said.
On Saturday, Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba claimed responsibility for the attack on the Central Reserve Police Force convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pampore town that left eight CRPF personnel dead.
On Sunday, Union home minister Rajnath Singh without naming Pakistan said, “attempt is being made by terrorists and our neighbouring country to destabilise India.”
Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) has invited ambassadors from nearly 140 countries earlier to attend an international Roza Iftar party at the Parliament House Annexe on July 2.
The Muslim Rashtriya Manch was founded in December 2002, the same year as the infamous anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat.
