"PM Modi is also supporting Palestine but we don't support terrorists like Hamas": Giriraj Singh
Oct 18, 2023
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 18 : Reacting to the opposition's claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a different stand on the Israel-Palestine issue, Union Minister Giriraj Singh clarified that the Prime Minister supports the Palestine issue but do not support "terrorists" like Hamas.
"PM Modi is also supporting Palestine but we do not support terrorists like Hamas," Giriraj Singh said while speaking to reporters on Wednesday.
Earlier, in a reaction to National Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar's statement on India changing its stand on the Israel-Palestine issue, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the country has never changed its position on this issue but has "always strongly opposed terrorism".
"India has never changed its position on the Israel-Palestine dispute. However, at the same time, India has been consistently against and has always strongly opposed terrorism in any form and against anyone," Fadnavis said in a post on 'X'.
Fadnavis said that India followed the footsteps of other nations in the world in condemning the killing of innocent civilians in Israel and Sharad Pawar should also take the same stand against terrorism.
"When the entire world has condemned the killing of innocent people in Israel and India did the same, Shri Sharad Pawar ji should also speak in the same language against terrorism," the Deputy Chief Minister said.
Reminding the NCP chief of the Mumbai terror attacks, Fadnavis requested Pawar to rise above "vote bank politics" and "strongly condemn terrorism".
"Mumbai has suffered a lot due to the terror attacks. Especially during 26/11, Mumbai had lost many citizens. My request to Sharad Pawar ji is to not think about vote bank politics, but to strongly condemn terrorism," he said.
Earlier, addressing a gathering of party workers in Mumbai, the NCP chief said that while all former Prime Ministers of India have taken a firm stand supporting Palestine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi supported Israel in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.
