Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Friday said the BJP leaders who criticized his comments on the Israel-Palestine issue were being "more loyal than the king", and welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s statement about India continuing its humanitarian assistance to the people of Palestine, reported news agency PTI.

His (Pawar`s) views were in line with the stand of past prime ministers including Jawaharlal Nehru and Atal Bihari Vajpayee who supported a peaceful resolution of the long-standing dispute where Israel and Palestine can live in peace as neighbours, Sharad Pawar said in X.