Bengaluru: Amid the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack, Karnataka minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan has volunteered to fight Pakistan. Speaking to reporters, Khan said that he would go to Pakistan armed with a suicide bomb.
The Karnataka minister said he is ready to fight a battle with Pakistan if Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah allowed him to do so.
"We are Indians, we are Hindustanis. Pakistan never had any relations with us. Pakistan has always been our enemy...If Modi, Amit Shah and the Central government let me, I am ready to go to battle," Khan told reporters.
He also called on the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister to give him a suicide bomb. “I will go to Pakistan for war. Let PM Modi, Amit Shah give me a suicide bomb, I will tie it to me and go to Pakistan and then launch an attack," he said.
Earlier, the Karnataka Minister condemned the terrorist attack. He called it a "heinous and inhuman act" against innocent civilians. Expressing deep anguish over the tragic loss of lives, including two victims from Karnataka, the minister said, "It is a matter of great pain."
On April 22, five to six terrorists killed 22 people, including a local pony guide at Baisaran meadows near Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam. The terrorists singled out non-Muslims and shot them dead. Out of the 26 people killed, 25 were tourists. Initially, Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT's) offshoot The Resistance Front (TRF) claimed responsibility for the attack. However, days later, the terror organisation denied its role in the attack.
Diplomatic ties between India and Pakistan deteriorated after the attack. India imposed a series of sanctions against Pakistan, including the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty 1960. In response, Pakistan called it an "act of war".
