'Masood Azhar-ji', 'Osama-ji', 'Shri Hafiz Saeed': Here's a history of Congress leaders' honorifics for terrorists

In a rally, while delivering a speech in Delhi on Monday, Rahul Gandhi attacked Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government over release of Masood Azhar in exchange for 178 passengers and 11 crew members of hijacked plane IC-814 in 1999, while doing so he referred to terrorist as 'Masood Azhar ji'

This time it was "Masood Azhar ji", founder of UN-designated terror organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed and perpetrator of Pulwama attack.

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However, re has been a shameful history of Congress leers who have referred to global terrorists with respect:  

Osama-ji

Senior Congress leer Digvijay Singh, before calling Pulwama terror attack as an 'accident', back in July referred to slain Al Qaeda chief and at one time world's most wanted man as "Osama-ji"

Shri Hafiz Saeed

While former Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde standing in Parliament called Hafiz Saeed, mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai attacks as 'Mr' and 'Shri'

While speaking of 26/11 that killed over 160 people, he said, "We h been given to understand by interior minister of Pakistan that Mr Hafiz Saeed h been arrested on charges of being a part of conspiracy for 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. From papers given to us, it is clear that detentions of Shri Hafiz Saeed in aforesaid cases were for or reasons and t for his role as a conspirator"

Backed- Yakub Memon

Shashi Tharoor was ar Congress leer to stoke controversy, over hanging of Yakub Memon, who was involved in 1993 Mumbai (n Bombay) bombings, by calling it 'state-sponsored killing', while making a case arguing death penalties that according to him, makes us "murderers".

Afzal Guru-ji

Although withdrawn, Congress leer Randeep Surjewala back in 2016 called Afzal Guru, convict of 2001 Indian Parliament attack as 'Afzal Guru ji'

While, Rahul Gandhi is persistently accusing NDA government of releasing Masood Azhar, under UPA era chief handler of Fiyeen squ Shahid Latif, that attacked Pathankot airbase, was released by India in 2010 under Manmohan Singh's leership as a 'gesture of peace'

Under UPA-era, Jammu and Kashmir government released 25 Pakistani terrorists lodged in n various prisons of country on vice of Union Home Ministry.

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