Nandurbar, Jan. 4 -- Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Sunday responded to the AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi's statement, saying that Pakistan would have been wiped off the map if Prime Minister Narendra Modi had wanted a war situation to prevail.

"When our people were killed in Pahalgam, revenge was taken for that through Operation Sindoor. More than 100 terrorists were killed. Yesterday, PM Narendra Modi said that we don't want war, we want Buddha. If PM Modi wanted to wage war, Pakistan would have been wiped clean," Athawale told ANI.

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi had earlier said that if US President Trump can capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from the latter's country, then Prime Minister Narendra Modi can also give a go-ah...