Amid simmering tensions between India and Pakistan, podcaster Ranveer Allahabadia, who recently found himself embroiled in a massive row over his "sex with parents" remark, appeared on the Piers Morgan Uncensored talk show and made a passionate case for India's counter-terror operation.
At the talk show, Allahabadia shared the panel with two people from Pakistan to discuss the latest conflict between the two neighbouring countries.
Exposing Pakistan's terrorism links, the podcaster said the nation has become the terror hub of the world. He defended India’s retaliatory actions in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack as “precision-oriented, moderated, and a retaliation".
On the show, Allahabadia showed photos of Osama bin Laden, founder of terror group al-Qaeda, who was killed in Abbottabad in Pakistan in 2011, and said he was found 800 metres from a military base.
Holding up his image, Allahabadia asked viewers to confront a reality long buried under diplomacy and denial. “I hope everyone's able to see this person's face. He was found 800 metres from a military base in Pakistan. That's the face that the world recognizes."
Next, he held up an image of Abdul Rauf and added, "This is the face that India recognises because it's most specific to our narrative. This man is a UN-designated terrorist being celebrated by the Pakistani military in the background. That's not the narrative that they give the Pakistanis. That's not the narrative that the world knows. But if you check with the UN, if you check with the US, they'll tell you that this is Abdul Rauf."
“We export vaccines, philosophy, engineers and leaders to the world – which is why our economy is eleven times the economy of Pakistan,” Allahbadia said.
Slamming the Pakistani narrative of India trying to gain sympathy from the world, he asked, “Piers, my question is to you. You've seen the objective facts and figures. What do you feel about this situation?”
He ended his remarks saying, "It's very important to understand that the Indian armed forces simply retaliated to the action of the Pakistanis. I have no narrative other than the one the world should know. This is the narrative the world should know,” he said.
Allahbadia was talking at a debate on the talk show hosted by Piers Morgan, a British journalist. On the panel, along with Allahbadia were Indian journalist Barkha Dutt, former Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Hina Khar, and Shehzad Ghias Shaikh from 'The Pakistan Experience'.
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