Singhvi backs deportation of Abrahams after Tharoor opposes

Aditi Tandon

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 18

Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Tuesday backed the government decision to deport UK Labour Party MP Debbie Abrahams calling her a Pakistan proxy.

Singhvi said, “The deportation of Debbie Abrahams by India was indeed necessary, as she is not just an MP, but a Pak proxy known for her clasp with the Pakistan Government and ISI. Every attempt that tries to attack India’s sovereignty must be thwarted.”

Singhvi’s remarks came after another Congress leader Shashi Tharoor targeted the government for deporting Abrahams.

Tharoor earlier said, “British MP who criticised government on J&K was stopped at airport — in a conduct really unworthy of a democracy and guaranteed to give us a far worse press than if she had been admitted. Govt claims situation is normal in Kashmir. Why is the govt then so scared of critics?”

Congress leaders have been pulling in different directions on issues for most part of this week.