This Pakistani Politician Called India’s Prime Minister “The Temu Version Netanyahu” Over Its Acts In Kashmir
Bhutto Zardar described Modi as “the Temu version of Netanyahu”, comparing him to the Chinese e-commerce site often known for selling low-quality and cheap items.
Pakistan’s former prime minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, has called India’s prime minister Narendra Modi “the Temu version of Netanyahu”.
Bhutto Zardari, who is the head of Pakistan’s People’s Party, made the comments during a press conference to share Pakistan’s perspective on the conflict between India and Pakistan on June 3.
Between May 7 to 10, tensions escalated between India and Pakistan, with both sides launching airstrikes against each other after a militant attack in Kashmir, which both sides claim full control over.
Kashmir, which is majority Muslim, was split between India and Pakistan by a UN-brokered ceasefire in 1949 after a war in 1947, with India calling its part "Jammu and Kashmir" and Pakistan calling its parts "Azad Kashmir" and "Gilgit-Baltistan".
In 2019, India revoked Article 370 in its constitution, which guaranteed Jammu and Kashmir special autonomous status, bringing it under India's full and direct control.
Since then, the Indian government has targeted and arrested journalists and local politicians, banned most international media from entering, and allowed non-Kashmiris to buy land — which has been compared to Israel’s occupation and settlements in the West Bank.
Addressing the comparisons, Bhutto Zardari said that while the plight of Palestinians is “uniquely outrageous”, there are certain parallels between India and Israel.
“India being inspired by the Israeli government, unfortunately, is being inspired in all the wrong ways,” Bhutto Zardari said.
He described Modi as “the Temu version of Netanyahu”, comparing him to the Chinese e-commerce site often known for selling low-quality and cheap items.
“It’s a little, poor copy. And we call upon the Indian government to not be inspired by the worst possible examples possible,” he said.
Bhutto Zardari also said India is weaponizing water, after India suspended the Indus Water Treaty, which allowed water access to millions of people in Pakistan, after the most recent conflict broke out.
“Given the challenges of climate change and water scarcity that we anyway face in Pakistan, is something that surely no civilized country can endorse,” Bhutto Zardari said.
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