Abhinandan’s facial hair must be declared ‘national moustache’: Congress leader
SRINAGAR, (PTK): Indian Air Force (AIF) pilot Abhinandan Varthaman is back in the headlines. This time, after Congress leader called for his facial hair to be declared the ‘national moustache’.
On February 27, the IAF pilot was captured after Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aircraft shot down two Indian jets after they intruded into its territory.
“Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman should be awarded and his moustache should be made ‘national moustache’,” Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, leader of the Congress party in the lower house of parliament, said on Monday.
According to media reports, the opposition party’s leader argued that the pilot should be given a national honour.
Pakistan ‘as a goodwill gesture’ handed over the captured pilot to Indian authorities at Wagah border on March 1.
