Pakistan presented Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife and mother as widows: Sushma Swaraj in Parliament

Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said when Jadhav saw his mother without a mangalsutra, bindi and bangles, he wondered if something “unfortunate” had happened. (PTI)

SAYING THAT Pakistan presented Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife Chetna and mother Avanti as “widows” in front of him, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said when Jadhav saw his mother without a mangalsutra, bindi and bangles, he wondered if something “unfortunate” had happened and asked about the well-being of his father. The two women had to remove their mangalsutra, bindi, bangles, hair-clips and footwear, and also change their clothes, before meeting Jadhav, the former Indian Navy officer on Death Row in Pakistan, on Monday. Saying that this was a “serious and gross violation” of their human rights, Swaraj, in similar statements in both Houses of Parliament, asked MPs to “strongly condemn, in one voice” the “obnoxious” behaviour of Pakistan, and “affirm their solidarity with the Jadhav…

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