NEW DELHI (Sputnik) — Indo-Pakistan relations are on low ebb again in the aftermath of the terror attack in Pampore in Jammu and Kashmir.
Abdul Basit's comment on the Pampore terror attack has added fuel to the fire and now opposition parties are demanding that the Pakistani envoy is sent home.
During an Iftar party hosted at the Pakistan High Commission Abul Basit shrugged off the question on the terror attack and asked the attendees to enjoy the party.
"It's the month of Ramzan, let's focus on this Iftar party. The issue of Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed issue between India and Pakistan. It's an issue which needs to be solved. Let's have the Iftar party and enjoy ourselves," the Pakistani envoy told reporters.
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) demanded that Pakistani envoy should be sent back to his country.
Similarly Janata Dal (United) has criticized the Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit for not condemning the Pampore attack.
"How does it matter to Abdul Basit that if a terrorist attack takes place in India, will he cancel his Iftar? They are the ones who help the terrorists. Our government knows this but still turns a blind eye to this," JD(U) Spokesperson Ajay Alok told media.
Muslim Rashtriya Manch, an affiliate body of the Hindu right wing group RSS, has also withdrawn its invitation to the Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit for an Iftar party, in which several other diplomats have been invited, over Pakistan's failure to condemn the terror attack in Pampore in Jammu and Kashmir.