Tharoor will 'feel comfortable in Pakistan with his girlfriend': Swamy
NEW DELHI: Hitting back against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's 'Taliban remark', Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said that the former would feel more comfortable in Pakistan "as his girlfriend lives there".
Tharoor while addressing a public gathering in Thiruvananthapuram had said, "They are asking me to go to Pakistan. Who has given them the right to decide that I am not a Hindu like them and I don't have the right to stay in the country? Have they started a Taliban in Hinduism?"
Responding to Tharoor's remark, Swamy told ANI, "Taliban forces you to leave; we are not forcing him to leave, we are only giving him a suggestion since he has Pakistani girlfriend, that too ISI, he might be more comfortable there."
Swamy further hit out at Tharoor saying if the latter claimed to be a Hindu why he didn't come out in favour of his wife (Sunanda Pushkar) who died in mysterious circumstances.
Swamy alleged Tharoor's statements were benefiting Pakistan. "What we are saying that the kind of comments he (Tharoor) is making, Pakistan is gaining every day by such comments. That a Member of Parliament is saying such horrible things about India," he said.
Tharoor, who earlier triggered a controversy after his "Hindu Pakistan" comment, earlier today again hit out at the BJP-led Centre and questioned whether they are trying to start Taliban in Hinduism.
This comes after he accused the Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha (BJYM) of vandalising his constituency office in Thiruvananthapuram.
Tharoor while addressing a public gathering in Thiruvananthapuram had said, "They are asking me to go to Pakistan. Who has given them the right to decide that I am not a Hindu like them and I don't have the right to stay in the country? Have they started a Taliban in Hinduism?"
Responding to Tharoor's remark, Swamy told ANI, "Taliban forces you to leave; we are not forcing him to leave, we are only giving him a suggestion since he has Pakistani girlfriend, that too ISI, he might be more comfortable there."
Swamy further hit out at Tharoor saying if the latter claimed to be a Hindu why he didn't come out in favour of his wife (Sunanda Pushkar) who died in mysterious circumstances.
Swamy alleged Tharoor's statements were benefiting Pakistan. "What we are saying that the kind of comments he (Tharoor) is making, Pakistan is gaining every day by such comments. That a Member of Parliament is saying such horrible things about India," he said.
Tharoor, who earlier triggered a controversy after his "Hindu Pakistan" comment, earlier today again hit out at the BJP-led Centre and questioned whether they are trying to start Taliban in Hinduism.
This comes after he accused the Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha (BJYM) of vandalising his constituency office in Thiruvananthapuram.