Mathura:
The invitation extended to Nawaz Sharif for Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony has not gone down well with the widow of martyred Indian soldier Hemraj, who today demanded that the Pakistan premier either bring back her husband's head or condemn the barbarous killing.
"Sharif should either bring the head of my husband or should publicly condemn the barbarous act of Pakistani soldiers who had beheaded my husband," Dharmvaati, the widow of Hemraj, told PTI on the phone.
Lance Naik Hemraj was killed and beheaded by Pakistani soldiers on January 8 last year in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
"In fact, Modi should not have invited Sharif. I had voted for the BJP since Modi, in his election speech in Mathura, not only condemned the inaction of the Manmohan Singh government in the matter but had even challenged Pakistan then," she said, adding that the BJP government's invite to Mr Sharif is an "insult" to the sacrifice of a soldier.
Asking why India has not retaliated, she claimed, "(Then army chief) General VK Singh had then promised to take revenge".
Dharmavati is planning to go on a fast from tomorrow to protest Mr Sharif's presence in the country.
"I would go on fast from May 26 and continue till Sharif will be in India. If he does not regret the act of his soldiers, it would be deemed that he has not changed," she said.