New Delhi, Feb. 23 -- While asserting that "lies" need not to be responded to, the BJP on Friday dismissed Congress president Rahul Gandhi's claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a photo shoot allegedly hours after the Pulwama attack on February 14 as "fake news" and maintained that photographs displayed by the Opposition party were clicked in the morning ahead of the terror strikes.

"Rahul Ji, India is tired of your fake news. Stop sharing photos from that morning to shamelessly mislead the nation. Maybe you knew in advance of the attack but people of India got to know in the evening. Try a better stunt next time, where sacrifice of soldiers isn't involved," the BJP tweeted.

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