Know your heroes, Mr. Azam Khan

 

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India is likely to issue notice to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan after it examines the footage and transcripts of Khan's remarks who had on Tuesday said it was ‘Muslim soldiers’ who had ensured India’s victory in the 1999 Kargil war against Pakistan.

 

All the major political parties including BJP, Congress, JD(U), slammed him and sought immediate action by the Election Commission. 

 

BJP, while asking the poll panel to take action, said his remarks were an “insult to the bravery of the soldiers” and the “communal comment by Azam Khan during the elections shows the politics of communalism”.

 

Congress spokesman and Union Minister Anand Sharma, while condemning Khan's remarks as the “most unfortunate”, said "No responsible Indian will make such a statement. Those who died (in the Kargil conflict) were sons of this country and they fought as Indians.”