New Delhi, May 3 -- Zameer Ahmed Khan, Karnataka's housing minister, on Friday stirred up a controversy when he said that he was ready to go to Pakistan with a bomb strapped on him.

His statements came in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 civilians on April 22.

In a video Khan posted on X, he can be heard saying, "If needed, I will go with a suicide bomb. I'm not saying this as a joke or out of josh. If the country needs me, let Narendra Modi and Amit Shah give me a suicide bomb-I swear on Allah (the God), I will tie it and go to Pakistan."

While talking to reporters, he goes on to say, "I have said this several times-we are Indians and Hindustanis. We have no relation with Pakistan. We are ready to wage war (agai...