The Congress on Thursday hit back accusing the BJP of making "malicious statements" to distract people from its failures, after the saffron party asked it to explain British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn's tweet that he discussed human rights situation in Kashmir with "UK representatives from the Indian Congress Party".
The UK unit of the Indian Overseas Congress claimed it had met Corbyn to condemn the Kashmir resolution passed by his party and reiterate to them that Jammu and Kashmir is an internal matter and
no intervention will be accepted. "Our meeting with Jeremy Corbyn was held to condemn the Kashmir resolution passed by his Party and to reiterate that J&K is an internal matter and outside intervention will not be accepted. BJP's malicious statements are another attempt to distract people from their failures," the Indian Overseas Congress said in a tweet.
The Congress also tweeted that the BJP has failed to answer questions on economic slowdown, unemployment and banking crisis and is resorting to spreading lies instead. "The BJP has failed to answer a single question on the economic slowdown, rising unemployment, banking crisis and even the irregularities in the Rafale deal. Therefore they have to resort to spreading lies to evade the truth. They can't hide behind their propaganda anymore," the Congress tweeted.
Following his meeting, Corbyn had tweeted: "A very productive meeting with UK representatives from the Indian Congress Party where we discussed the human rights situation in Kashmir. There must be a de-escalation and an end to the cycle of violence and fear which has plagued the region for so long,"
The Labour Party leader, whose stand on Kashmir has not gone down well with the Indian government, also tweeted a picture of the meeting.The picture included Kamal Dhaliwal, who heads the overseas Congress in the UK.
Corbyn has been under pressure from Indian diaspora groups in Britain since the Labour Party passed a
resolution against the Indian Government's August 5 decision to revoke Article 370 to withdraw the special status accorded to the State of Jammu & Kashmir, perceived as anti-India with its call for international intervention in the region.