On February 5, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar hit out at Congress leader Shashi Tharoor after he termed Pervez Musharraf as a ‘foe-turned-real force for peace’ in his condolence message for the former Pakistan military ruler, saying his post “best describes Congress “.
Chandrashekhar, while taking to Twitter, slammed the grand old party for finding peace in a person who “inflicted terror a backstabbing conflict and tortured our soldiers in violation of every International law”. “Nothing like a proper military thrashing for Fatcat Pak Dictator Generals to become a “force for peace” and develop “clear strategic thinking”. Not withstanding many lives lost n Intl laws violated n harm caused all around, these Generals will have their admiring fans in India (sic),” the Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar wrote in his tweet.
Chandrasekhar, in another tweet, also said, “That a former Congress Foreign Minister (a party that refused to celebrate Kargil Vijay Diwas till 2010) wud think that a Pak General who inflicted terror, a backstabbing conflict n tortured our Soldiers in violation of every Intl law, wud be a “force for peace” – best describes Cong.”
On February 5, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor condoled Musharraf’s demise, stating that “once an implacable foe of India, he became a real force for peace between 2002-2007.”
Tharoor said in a tweet, “Pervez Musharraf, Former Pakistani President, Dies of Rare Disease’: once an implacable foe of India, he became a real force for peace 2002-2007,”.
The Former Minister of State for External Affairs said, “I met him annually in those days at the @un & found him smart, engaging & clear in his strategic thinking. RIP”.
Musharraf passed away on February 5 at American Hospital in UAE after a prolonged illness, reported Daily Pakistan. Musharraf was Pakistan’s Army Chief during the Kargil war between India and Pakistan. Musharraf was the tenth president of Pakistan after a successful military coup in 1999.
The conflict between the two countries is believed to have been orchestrated by Musharraf without the knowledge of the then-Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif.
He served as the 10th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan from 1998 to 2001 and the 7th top general from 1998 to 2007.
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