Have Checked All Of That On My Pakistan Trip: PM Modi On Mani Shankar Aiyar's 'India Should Respect Pakistan As It Has Nuclear Bomb' Remarks

Responding to Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyer's statement that India should respect Pakistan because it has nuclear bombs, PM Modi said he had personally visited Lahore and checked the 'power' of the country.

In an interview with India TV, when asked to respond to Aiyer's remark that 'Humein Pakistan ko respect deni chahiye kyunki un ke paas atom bomb hai' (We should respect Pakistan because they have nuclear bomb), PM Modi said, "Uss taakat ko mei khud Lahore jaakar check karke aaya hu (I had personally visited Lahore to check how powerful it [Pakistan] is)."

PM Modi also said that he visited Pakistan without any security checks.

Recalling his visit to Lahore in 2015, PM Modi said that when he visited Pakistan, many reporters questioned: "Haye Allah, ye bina visa ke kaise aa gaye (Oh my God, how has he arrived to the country without a Visa), I told them it was my country at some point of time".

PM Modi also spoke about the abrogation of Article 370, which ended special status of Jammu and Kashmir, and slammed Congress for initially opposing it.

"Earlier, every country in the world used to put India in the dock on the issue of Kashmir. Therefore, it was natural that the world would express displeasure regarding Article 370, but the opposite happened. Most of the people in the world remained silent and those who spoke, said that this is our internal matter," PM Modi said.

He added that even the "Islamic countries of the world remained silent [about Article 370 abrogation], but unfortunately, the Congress party kept making noise".

Also Read: Fresh Twist In Pune Porsche Crash Case: Teen, Father Claim Family Driver Was Behind The Wheel At Time Of Accident