File image: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy | Photo Credit: PTI

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday hit out at Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for making ‘Have (BJP) they started a Taliban in Hinduism?’ remark. Swamy said Tharoor would feel more comfortable in Pakistan where his lover stays. On Tuesday, Tharoor had lashed out at the BJP and said, "They are asking me to go to Pakistan.”

“Who has given them the right to decide that I am not a Hindu like them and I don't have the right to stay in the country? Have they started a Taliban in Hinduism?" Tharoor had further said. While responding to the remark made by Tharoor, Swamy told news agency ANI, "Taliban forces you to leave; we are not forcing him (Shashi Tharoor) to leave.”

“We are only giving him a suggestion since he has Pakistani girlfriend that too ISI he might be more comfortable there," added Swamy.

The BJP leader further asked that if Tharoor claims to be a Hindu, why did the Lok Sabha MP not come out in favour of his wife Sunanda Pushkar who was found dead in a hotel room in mysterious circumstances on January 17, 2014.

"Here despite him claiming to be a Hindu, he never stood up for his Hindu wife, who was killed unnaturally," said Swamy

Swamy added that by making such comments, Tharoor was extending the benefit to Pakistan.

"What we are saying that the kind of comments he (Tharoor) is making, Pakistan is gaining every day by such comments. That a Member of Parliament is saying such horrible things about India," said Swamy.

Tharoor had earlier triggered a massive debate when he said that if the BJP gets re-elected in 2019, "Hindu Pakistan" would be created.