Banihal (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 27 (ANI): Congress In-Cost of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Rajani Patil, on Friday alleged safety lapses in Congress chief Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra, and accused the administration of the Union Territory of failing to handle the group.
“J&Ok UT Administration failed to offer safety to #BharatJodoYatra led by Shri @RahulGandhi. Safety lapses point out unfair & unprepared angle of UT administration. @OfficeOfLGJandK,” Rajani Patil mentioned in a tweet together with an image from the spot.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) Basic Secretary KC Venugopal mentioned that there was no safety personnel with the Bharat Jodo Yatra for quarter-hour, and termed it a ‘severe lapse’.
“The safety has been mishandled by involved businesses right here. For 15 minutes, there have been no safety officers with the Bharat Jodo Yatra right here. It is a severe lapse. Rahul Gandhi and different yatris cannot stroll with out safety,” Venugopal mentioned talking to mediapersons.
Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra, which is in its remaining leg in Jammu and Kashmir, resumed on Friday morning from the Nationwide Freeway-44, Banihal Railway station, within the UT’s Ramban district.
Safety was tightened within the space within the wake of the current twin blasts on the outskirts of Jammu metropolis on January 22 which rocked a busy locality in Narwal leaving atleast 9 folks injured.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which began in Kanyakumari on September 7, will conclude on January 30 in Srinagar after masking 3,970 km, 12 states and two Union territories. The reviews of the Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi’s safety breach have come to the fore.
A safety breach emerged on the Bharat Jodo Yatra on January 17 when an unknown man got here out of the group and tried to hug Rahul Gandhi in Tanda in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district. Nevertheless, Gandhi later termed him “excited” and mentioned it was the folks’s enthusiasm.
Earlier on January 4, the Congress wrote to Union House Minister Amit Shah alleging “safety breaches” within the Bharat Jodo Yatra which entered the nationwide capital on December 24.
Congress common secretary KC Venugopal in a letter to the Centre mentioned the Delhi Police behaved like “mute spectators”, and fully failed to manage the surging crowd and preserve a fringe round Rahul Gandhi, who’s assigned Z+ Safety. (ANI)
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