The Congress on Monday distanced itself from the feedback made by its senior chief Digvijaya Singh on the 2016 surgical strikes and stated the views expressed by him “are his personal” and “don’t replicate the place” of the celebration.
“The views expressed by senior chief Digvijaya Singh are his personal and don’t replicate the place of Congress. Surgical strikes have been carried out earlier than 2014 by UPA authorities. Congress has supported & will proceed to help all army actions which might be within the nationwide curiosity,” AICC communication incharge Jairam Ramesh tweeted.
Addressing a public assembly throughout the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, Singh questioned the surgical strikes and accused the federal government of peddling lies, drawing livid reactions from the Bharatiya Janata Celebration, which claimed that the opposition celebration was blinded by its “hate” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has “insulted” the armed forces.
Singh alleged that the federal government didn’t conform to the CRPF request of flying its personnel from Srinagar to Delhi and 40 troopers sacrificed their lives in Pulwama in 2019 in a terror assault.
“They speak of surgical strikes. They declare to have killed so many individuals however no proof is given. They’re ruling by peddling a bundle of lies,” Singh, who has typically courted controversy along with his feedback, stated.
In a tweet in Hindi later, he stated, “From the place did the terrorists get 300 kg of RDX in Pulwama incident? DSP Davinder Singh was caught with terrorists however then why was he launched? We additionally need to know concerning the friendship between the prime ministers of Pakistan and India.”
In his video message hooked up to the tweet, Singh stated 40 CRPF personnel sacrificed their lives in Pulwama, however this authorities has not been capable of reveal from the place three quintals of RDX got here.
“Apart from, the federal government has not been capable of reply the place is DSP Davinder Singh, who was caught concerned with terrorists. Why was he let free and why was a case of treason not registered in opposition to him?
“We might additionally prefer to know from the prime minister as to what sort of relations he has with Pakistani prime minister that each are praising one another. Not less than, he ought to reply these questions,” the Congress chief stated in a video message.
The BJP launched a pointy assault on the Congress, saying that such feedback present that the Rahul Gandhi-led foot march throughout the nation is Bharat Jodo Yatra solely in identify whereas he and his celebration colleagues are working to ‘break’ the nation. It’s primarily “Bharat todo yatra”, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia stated.
He stated, “India is not going to tolerate in the event that they converse in opposition to armed forces. Rahul Gandhi and the Congress hate PM Modi but it surely appears they’ve been blinded by the hate to an extent that their dedication to the nation has withered away.”
“Gandhi and the Congress wouldn’t have belief in our courageous armed forces. They repeatedly increase questions and insult the residents of India and our armed forces,” Bhatia claimed.
With the Pulwama terror assault and surgical strikes happening within the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the problems had captured the favored creativeness because the BJP retained energy on the Centre with a much bigger mandate than in 2014 by profitable over 300 seats out of 543.
Supporting Singh, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera shared his tweet and video message and stated Modi ought to reply questions on Pulwama and never conceal behind the armed forces.
(With inputs from companies)