Subramanian Swamy's twist

I think Namo should get all the credit for today's success, Swamy said on ICJ verdict

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Last Updated : May 18 2017 | 10:55 PM IST
With the International Court of Justice (ICJ) urging Pakistan not to execute Indian prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav before its (ICJ) final verdict, politicians started exchanging congratulatory messages. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, she gave full credit to former attorney general (AG) Harish Salve. “We are grateful to Harish Salve for presenting India’s case so effectively before ICJ,” she tweeted. Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentarian Subramanian Swamy had something different to say. “I think Namo (Narendra Modi) should get all the credit for today’s success in ICJ because he declined to send the present AG to argue our case,” he wrote on his Twitter handle.

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