Accusing the Congress of double requirements on the Pahalgam terror assault, the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) on Saturday alleged the occasion was hurting the morale of residents and the armed forces alike by diametrically opposing statements by its leaders.
BJP nationwide spokesperson Dr Sambit Patra slammed former Punjab Chief Minister and Congress chief Charanjit Singh Channi for questioning the authenticity of India’s surgical strike on Pakistan following the 2019 Pulwama incident. He mentioned he has no qualms in saying that “it’s the Congress Working Committee on the skin however Pakistan Working Committee inside”.
“Your entire nation is dealing with grief after the Pakistan-sponsored assault in Pahalgam…there was a CWC (Congress Working Committee) assembly yesterday the place some resolutions have been handed. Haathi ke daant dikhane ke aur, aur khaane ke aur hain (The elephant has a unique set of tooth for exhibiting and consuming),” Patra mentioned at a press convention.
At a press convention in Delhi, Channi on Friday raised doubts concerning the measures adopted by India after the Pulwama incident. “They are saying surgical strikes have been executed in Pakistan. Nothing occurred, nobody noticed the surgical strikes. Nobody acquired to know,” Channi alleged.
Reacting to the previous CM’s assertion that “nothing had occurred” within the 2019 surgical strike, Patra requested why there was “chaos in Pakistan” if the strike had not taken place.
“Proper after the CWC, a outstanding Congress chief, the previous Chief Minister of a bordering state, Charanjit Singh Channi, addressed a press convention…simply take a look at the deliberate, strategic imaginative and prescient of the Congress…(occasion president Mallikarjun) Kharge ji will say one thing else a few decision (supporting the Authorities of India)…Channi sahab will handle a parallel press convention to query the potential of the surgical strike…that it didn’t occur,” he alleged.
Patra mentioned Pakistan’s ministers had acknowledged the surgical strike, and their armed forces are once more apprehensive about one other surgical strike from the Indian facet. “They’re operating right here and there…At the moment, does a Congress press convention questioning the authenticity of surgical strike not harm the morale of the Indian Air Power, the Armed Forces, and of residents?” Patra requested.
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“I need to ask why the Congress lets go no alternative to provide oxygen to Pakistan’s military, its authorities, and its terrorists?” he added.
He alleged it was “greater than a coincidence” that there have been statements from Congress leaders attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP-led Centre, and India per se “every day” for the reason that Pahalgam assault.
Patra listed statements from Congress leaders, together with Saifuddin Soz, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah, Karnataka Minister R B Timmapur, MLC B Okay Hariprasad, Robert Vadra, and Mani Shankar Aiyar amongst others who had questioned the steps taken by the Centre following the assault.
The BJP spokesperson additionally referred to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s allegation relating to Congress chief Gourav Gogoi’s go to to Pakistan.
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“Just a few days in the past (Assam CM) Himanta Biswa Sarma ji mentioned in one in every of his interviews that there’s a very senior Congress chief who stayed in Pakistan for 15 days after crossing the Attari Border, visiting it with out telling anybody…a tall Congress chief, after sneaking into Pakistan, stays in Islamabad for 15 days…this can be a very critical matter,” he alleged.
“Why ought to I not consult with them (the CWC) because the PWC? Simply see the record of those statements. Then they ask about India’s technique to assault. Why? So to go and inform them about it? I assure, there might be a rush within the Congress to be the primary to inform Pakistan about India’s technique if they’re advised about it,” he alleged.
He additionally questioned the statements by the Opposition events, such because the Samajwadi Celebration and the Aam Aadmi Celebration, being quoted by Pakistan with regard to questioning Pakistan’s position within the Pahalgam assault.
“Akhilesh Yadav and Arvind Kejriwal are being celebrated in Pakistan for such statements. So Rahul Gandhi thought, why ought to solely two members of our Rawalpindi Alliance get pleasure from all this… why ought to we be left behind? So that they let Channi ji free in order that the Congress too may very well be feted in Pakistan,” he alleged.
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“The nation is watching…the folks of India will reply these traitors and Modiji will reply the terrorists,” he added.