Journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik with Hafiz Saeed. Photo: Twitter Journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik with Hafiz Saeed. Photo: Twitter

Thank you Ved Prakash Vaidik ji for "converting" Hafiz Sayeed to being pro-Indian.. u hv done great service to nation.. ; AAPkaAbhishek (@rebelabhishek) July 13, 2014

Its beyond absurd how ved prakash vaidik goes and meets hafiz sayeed in pak! Why r we giving legitimacy to a terrorist? Weakens our case! July 13, 2014

Defending what is indefensible through inventive means is wrong and uncalled for. I do hope Vaidik meeting Hafiz Saeed doesn't go unnoticed. ; Kanchan Gupta (@KanchanGupta) July 13, 2014

Weeks after the US banned the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), the front organisation of Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, its chief Hafiz Saeed has denied any allegations of terrorism against him, saying America was prompted to ban his outfit under India's pressure.Senior Indian journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik, who has met Saeed in Pakistan, has told a TV channel the JuD chief asked him about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wife. He said Saeed was not averse to Modi visiting Pakistan. He said the country will welcome the Indian leader.Vaidik, who was on Pakistan tour where he met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and other leaders of the country, has said he also met the JuD leader, accused of masterminding the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.According to Vaidik, who met Saeed in Lahore recently in a high-security room, JuD chief has said he will like to visit Delhi and Mumbai. On his connection with India, he said he was born in Pakistan but was conceived in India.Vaidik said Saeed lives in a densely populated locality in Lahore with a security even greater than Sharif.Vaidik's visit, however, has not gone down well with the social media users as they lashed at him for meeting the most-wanted terrorist of the country.Vaidik has defended his meeting, saying he was free to meet anybody as a journalist."I believe the only way is dialogue, open to meet anyone as a journalist," he said.Saeed, who is wanted for 26/11 attacks in India, is not only responsible for killings of 166 people, but has been a bone of contention between India and Pakistan.