BJP and Congress today hit out at Pakistan for its "duplicity" after former Pakistani Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar reportedly claimed in a TV interview that its top civilian and military leadership knew about Osama bin laden's presence in the country much before the US Navy SEAls killed him.
"Pakistan's duplicity has been exposed time and again. They should do their duty before they speak against India or anybody else," Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said. The Pakistani establishment, the country's powerful army chief and the intelligence agency ISI were aware that Osama was living in Abbottabad, Mukhtar, who was defence minister between 2008 and 2012, said in an interview to CNN-IBN.
Mukhtar later denied making these remarks. "Regarding the interview being shown on CNN-IBN, and having been the defence minister, I categorically deny and consider these statements utter nonsense and totally misquoted," he said.