Pathankot attack: Youth Congress members burn Sharif's effigy

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Press Trust of India Bhopal
Last Updated : Jan 02 2016 | 9:57 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress today burnt an effigy of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to protest the Pathankot Air Force base terror attack in Punjab, suspected to have been carried out by members of an outfit based in the neighbouring country.
Youth Congress activists led by their state chief Kunal Choudhary burnt the effigy of Pakistan PM here to vent their anger against the terror strike, in which three security men were killed.
Choudhary criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that the PM chose to pay a surprise visit to Lahore last month despite knowing that Pakistan had been sponsoring terrorism in India.
Modi should have taken lessons from a former Prime Minister who had visited Pakistan but the neighbouring country hit back at India with Kargil war and attacks on Akshardham and Parliament, he said in a press release.
State Youth Congress spokesperson Syed Saud Hasan said Pakistan had always betrayed India and Modi should keep this in mind before deciding to visit the country next time.
Heavily-armed Pakistani terrorists today attempted to storm the Pathankot Air Force base triggering a day-long gun battle in which three security men and four infiltrators were killed.
There was speculation that the attackers may belong to Jaish-e-Mohammad, a Pakistan-based terror outfit.
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First Published: Jan 02 2016 | 9:57 PM IST

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