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Chandigarh, Oct 25 (PTI) Amid a row over his friendship with Pakistani journalist Aroosa Alam, former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday released her pictures with some politicians and actors on his Facebook page.
Asking that if all these leaders and actors accompanying the Pakistani journalists are ISI"s contacts, Singh asserted that he would have invited her again had there been no visa restrictions between India and Pakistan.
Amarinder Singh, who had faced an unceremonious exit from the state government, has been under attack from several Congress leaders over his friendship with Aroosa Alam.
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa had gone to the extent of saying that a probe would be carried out to ascertain if the former Punjab CM’s friend Aroosa Alam has links with Pakistan"s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
Singh on Monday released purported pictures of Aroosa Alam with former Union ministers Sushma Swaraj, Yashwant Sinha, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, actors Shatrughan Sinha, Dilip Kumar, film director Mahesh Bhatt and some other dignitaries.
“I am posting a series of pictures of Mrs Aroosa Alam with various dignitaries.