ISLAMABAD, Aug 14 (DNA): The Foreign Office spokesperson Saturday while
commenting on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tweet on 1947 events
said it was shameful to one-sidedly invoke the tragic events and mass
migration in wake of Independence in 1947.

Responding to questions regarding the Indian Prime Minister’s remarks,
the spokesperson said no modern state was so much in contradiction with
itself as the Indian state – the so-called “largest democracy”.

“It is shameful that the practitioners of “Hindutva” ideology, and
purveyors of hate and violence, would so hypocritically and one-sidedly
invoke the tragic events and mass migration that occurred in the wake of
Independence in 1947,” he commented.

The spokesperson said distorting history and stoking communalism was the
special forte of the RSS-BJP regime. Far from doing anything to heal old
wounds, they would go to any extent to sow further dissensions for
electoral gains, he maintained.

“We are sure that the people of goodwill in India would completely
reject this political and publicity stunt that only seeks to divide,”
the spokesperson added.

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