Congress justifies Kumaraswamy's politicisation of IAF pilot Abhinandan's release

Following the controversial statement by Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, who said BJP's celebration of the release of Air Force Wing Commander Abhinanthan Varthaman will cause communal divide, state Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao said nationalism and patriotism cannot be determined by anyone, adding that everybody is patriotic. "BJP wants to give a feeling that they are only the deshbhakts (patriots). They are wrong as they are dividing the country," he said.