BJP comes up with Pakistan, colour to hide failures: Akhilesh Yadav on Bilawal Bhutto's remarks on PM Modi

Etawah (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 17 (ANI): Amid the row over Pakistani foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto's derogatory remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying the ruling party at the Centre brings up Pakistan to hide its failure.
"BJP from time to time comes up with Pakistan, colour and other such strategies to hide their failures," Yadav told reporters here.
The Pak foreign minister made defamatory remarks during a press conference at the United Nations in New York.
Bilawal Bhutto's comments followed a response to a question by Minister for External Affairs S Jaishankar from a Pakistani journalist, who accused India of spreading terror, and Jaishankar had said, "... It is the ministers of Pakistan who will tell how long Pakistan intends to practise terrorism."
The "derogatory" remarks made by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari against PM Modi have sparked outrage across the country.
In response to Jaishankar's remark, Bilawal unleashed a series of personal attacks on PM Modi and hit out at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
In an official statement, the External Affairs Ministry too condemned the comments of the Pakistani Foreign Minister.
"These comments are a new low, even for Pakistan. Pakistani foreign minister's frustration would be better directed towards the masterminds of terrorist enterprises in his own country, who have made terrorism a part of their state policy. Pakistan needs to change its own mindset or remain a pariah," said Arindam Bagchi, the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs.
The BJP on Saturday launched nationwide protests against Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for his remark on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The party is holding protests in all the state capitals across the country.
BJP workers also burnt the effigies of Pakistan and Pakistan's Foreign Minister while shouting slogans against them.
Describing Bilawal Bhutto's remark as "highly derogatory and full of cowardice", BJP on Friday said that the remarks were given to divert global attention from Pakistan's collapsing economy, lawlessness, and anarchy in Pakistan. (ANI)