If Modi wanted war, Pakistan would be wiped clean: Athawale to Owaisi

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale hit back at Asaduddin Owaisi's jibe, stating that if PM Modi desired a war, Pakistan would have been wiped off the map. Owaisi had urged Modi to bring back the 26/11 mastermind, citing a US operation.

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Sunday responded to the AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi's statement, saying that Pakistan would have been wiped off the map if Prime Minister Narendra Modi had wanted a war situation to prevail.

Athawale: 'Pakistan would have been wiped clean'

"When our people were killed in Pahalgam, revenge was taken for that through Operation Sindoor. More than 100 terrorists were killed. Yesterday, PM Narendra Modi said that we don't want war, we want Buddha. If PM Modi wanted to wage war, Pakistan would have been wiped clean," Athawale told ANI.

Owaisi Dares PM Modi

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi had earlier said that if US President Trump can capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from the latter's country, then Prime Minister Narendra Modi can also give a go-ahead for an operation which will help bring back the mastermind of the 26/11 terrorist attacks to India from Pakistan.

"Today we heard that US President Donald Trump's forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and took him from his country to America. If US President Donald Trump can abduct Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from his own country, then you (Prime Minister Modi) can also go to Pakistan and bring back the mastermind of the 26/11 terrorist attacks to India," he said.

US Strike on Venezuela

On Saturday, Washington carried out a "large-scale strike against Venezuela", and the deposed dictator, Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and taken out of the country.Maduro and Flores were captured in Caracas and flown out of the country in a joint operation involving intelligence agencies and US law enforcement. Trump stated that Maduro and his wife have been indicted on charges of alleged "drug trafficking and narco-terrorism conspiracies" in the Southern District of New York and will face trial. (ANI)

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