Mumbai, April 28 -- Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje on Monday wrote to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis requesting action against Congress MLA Vijay Wadettiwar over his statement questioning whether the terrorists had asked about religion before carrying out the attack in Pahalgam.

In her letter, Shobha Karandlaje said that Wadettiwar's remarks are nothing short of giving a "clean chit to terrorism."

"Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar has made an outrageous and shameful statement regarding the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, claiming that "terrorists did not ask the religion of the victims." This remark is nothing short of giving a clean chit to terrorism and indirectly helping Pakistan, which continues to wage a proxy war aga...