India, Pakistan two sovereign nations, Ram Madhav has right to his own views: BJP

Party spokesman M J Akbar recalled the speech of then Prime Minister A B Vajpayee in Lahore in 1999 in which the BJP leader had said that India and Pakistan negotiate as sovereign nations. “And that fact is a fact,” he said.

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He repeated the clarification Madhav had given on Saturday. “The general secretary”, he said, “was answering to a particular question… he has a right to his own views. But the government’s position requires no clarification.” Though the interview was recorded earlier, its broadcast coincided with the PM’s visit to Lahore.