BJP blocks its website access in Pak, its PM candidate's is on

BJP blocks its website access in Pak, its PM candidate's is on

 People in Pakistan cannot access

the BJP website as the saffron party has blocked its Internet

page though its high-profile Prime Ministerial candidate

Narendra Modi's portal can be accessed for those who want to

know about him.

          "Error 1009 The owner of this website (bjp.org) has

banned your IP address (---) on the country or region you are

accessing it from," says the page as one logs in from here.

          People logging in from Pakistan have to use Virtual

Private Network, masking Pakistani IP address to log into the

BJP website.

            The party had attached on its Twitter handle links to a

'charge sheet' it had recently released against the UPA

government but the links did not work for those logging in

from Pakistan.

            Some questioned the logic of blocking the access saying

even if someone fears hacking, hackers don't use their own IP

addresses.

            Be it the government or local Pakistanis, everyone is

eager to know about the general sentiments and trends as to

who will form the next government.

            However, asked about Modi, top Pakistan government

officials say they are willing to "deal" with whoever forms

the government after the Lok Sabha elections and that includes

Modi.

            Even though the 2002 Gujarat riots loom large here,

Pakistan is hopeful that the peace bogey would not be derailed

if the UPA government is replaced by Modi-led NDA.

            Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who has stressed on

the need for better ties with all its neighbours, had said his

country believes in good relations with India "regardless of

whosoever is in power".

            Asked what will be Pakistan's strategy if Modi comes to

power, Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said, "I

understand India is undergoing elections, a normal election in

democracy and we also have seen reports follow that BJP seems

to be in a strong position."

            She said the elections are an internal affair of India

and it is for Indian people to decide, to exercise their

right, to choose and elect a government.

            "We deal with countries... So, we hope that whoever is

elected in India would have that conviction and consciousness

that peace is something that we owe to our people," she told

PTI recently in an interview.

            Tasnim added that Pakistan strongly believes that "our

region needs peace for economic development, for better life

for our people. They deserve it"