Priyanka Chaturvedi, a member of the opposition Congress party, said that “sensitive information is coming only through leaks from unnamed government officials”. Modi and his senior cabinet colleagues have kept their distance from the media, while Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan held multiple press conferences in which he repeatedly called for a diplomatic solution to the crisis. The ruling party leaders have been accused of exploiting the latest confrontation with India’s region rival for electoral gains. Opposition parties have slammed the government in a joint statement accusing the prime minister and his colleagues of politicising the ongoing crisis with Pakistan. “Even during the Kargil war, the prime minister and the defence minister did not address the media.

Source: Pakistan Today March 01, 2019 18:21 UTC