Slamming BJP and its leaders for attacking Congress on the issue of UN designating Mazhoor Azhar as a global terrorist, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should not forget that Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed and its militant Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi were named as a global terrorists during UPA’s rule. “Who got Hafiz Saeed named as a global terrorist? Two people were named as global terrorists when Congress was in power, Masood Azhar is not the first person,” said Chidambaram during a press conference here. Taking a dig at Prime Minister for saying that the Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar was declared as a ‘global terrorist’ due to efforts taken by his government, Chidambaram said: “We (Congress) started the process in 2009 to name Masood Azhar as a global terrorist, 10 years later, the process was completed. After putting a technical hold for 10 years, China on Wednesday supported the action to designate Azhar as a global terrorist in the UN.

Source: Hindustan Times May 04, 2019 13:41 UTC