HIMANTA, SULE INDULGE IN WAR OF WORDS OVER PAWAR'S PALESTINE REMARKS

Responding to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s statement over NCP stalwart Sharad Pawar’s remark that Indian Prime Ministers have historically been known “to help Palestine”, his daughter and party MP Supriya Sule on Thursday said the BJP needs to hear his speech carefully.

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Addressing workers of the NCP faction that he leads, in Mumbai on October 15, Pawar said, “Historically, (former Prime Ministers) Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee had all articulated positions that favoured helping Palestine amid the conflict with Israel. For the first time, the Prime Minister of our country (Narendra Modi) came out openly in support of Israel. The stand of the NCP is clear. We stand by the people, who are original inhabitants of that land,” Pawar said in Mumbai.

Hitting out at the NCP patriarch over his statement, the Assam CM said, “I think Sharad Pawar should send Supriya (Sule) to Gaza to fight for Hamas.”