"If anything, he is the victim of a plan that seeks to cast aspersions on India to deflect global attention from Pakistan's well-known record of sponsoring and supporting terrorism", External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said in the Parliament. Therefore, government must not succumb to India's pressure tactics as Indian reaction shows Kulbushan was not acting as an individual but had entire RAW system at his back. "Kulbhushan Jadhav", Khan tweeted on Wednesday night.
The singer, who is popularly known for generating arguments and controversies with his comments, tweeted, "He went on to request that Jadhav to be saved from a death sentence".
Carrying placards and banners with anti-Pakistani slogans, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leaders and workers said Jadhav was innocent.
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Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif has ruled out immediate execution of Kulbhushan Jadhav (convicted R&AW spy) and said three appellate forums are available to Jadhav under the law. Pakistan even went on to say that Jadhav was trying the destabilise the Pakistan government and was apprehended following a intelligence input from the border areas of Balochistan and Iran. Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh is also of Sushma's view. He was kidnapped from the Chabahar port which is in Iranian-controlled Balochistan. "Pakistan is an important partner of Canada and we enjoy a multi-dimensional relationship with Pakistan", he said. "How can he be a spy and carry an Indian passport?". He further demanded that Indian Parliament should adopt a resolution condemning Pakistan against this accusation of Kulbhushan.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor slammed Pakistan. Thereafter, Pakistan linked providing consular access to India's acceptance of its position and Indian response was constructive in the hope that some forward movement could be made, Swaraj said. "Those countries must be told by us that if this can be done to an Indian today, it can be done to one of their nationals tomorrow", Tharoor said. Whatever the reason, Pakistan's handling of the matter will have a serious bearing on bilateral relations. "We should take it up as world forum as well", Tharoor said. Being charged with espionage and waging war against Pakistan, the military court awarded him a death penalty.
In his address at a conference on Indo-Pak relations, he said relations between the two countries have nosedived but the only way out to check it is to engage in talks.
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