The Congress on Thursday accused the BJP of making “malicious statements” to distract people from its failures, after the party asked Congress to explain British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s tweet that he discussed human rights situation in Kashmir with “UK representatives from the Indian Congress Party“. BJP’s malicious statements are another attempt to distract people from their failures,” the Indian Overseas Congress said in a tweet. The BJP on Thursday lashed out at the Congress over its “shameful shenanigans” and demanded an explanation after British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said he discussed the human rights situation in Kashmir with “UK representatives from the Indian Congress Party“. “A very productive meeting with UK representatives from the Indian Congress Party where we discussed the human rights situation in Kashmir. The BJP slammed the Congress, which had not offered any comment as a row erupted following Mr. Corbyn’s tweet.

Source: The Hindu October 10, 2019 14:14 UTC