NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intelligence about the impending terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, but did not share the information with security forces.
Addressing a rally in Ranchi, Kharge linked the postponement of PM Modi's April 19 visit to Srinagar with the Pahalgam attack, which occurred three days later.
"I read in newspapers that three days before the attack, an intelligence report was sent to PM Modi. Therefore, he cancelled his Kashmir visit. When intelligence agencies told you it would not be appropriate to go, why did not you not share this intelligence with police and security forces?" he asked.
"There was a horrific terrorist attack on 22 (April)...26 innocents were killed. The government admitted there was an intelligence failure. Why did you not arrange for tourists' security?" he asked.
Kharge's statement is the latest in a series of controversial remarks by Congress members on the Pahalgam killings. The grand old party distanced itself from the remarks, and issued an edict asking its leaders to “exercise utmost discipline” and to “confine themselves to the Congress Working Committee’s stated position in the resolution.”
The party was also forced to delete a social media post which showed a headless PM Modi with the caption "Gayab" (missing). The post insinuated that the prime minister was "missing" from the scene during a crisis.
Addressing a rally in Ranchi, Kharge linked the postponement of PM Modi's April 19 visit to Srinagar with the Pahalgam attack, which occurred three days later.
"I read in newspapers that three days before the attack, an intelligence report was sent to PM Modi. Therefore, he cancelled his Kashmir visit. When intelligence agencies told you it would not be appropriate to go, why did not you not share this intelligence with police and security forces?" he asked.
#WATCH | Ranchi, Jharkhand: During Samvidhan bachao rally, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge says, " There is intelligence failure, govt has accepted it and they will resolve it. If they knew this, why didn't they do anything?...I got information that 3 days before the attack,… pic.twitter.com/xftdPJXgm5
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"There was a horrific terrorist attack on 22 (April)...26 innocents were killed. The government admitted there was an intelligence failure. Why did you not arrange for tourists' security?" he asked.
Kharge's statement is the latest in a series of controversial remarks by Congress members on the Pahalgam killings. The grand old party distanced itself from the remarks, and issued an edict asking its leaders to “exercise utmost discipline” and to “confine themselves to the Congress Working Committee’s stated position in the resolution.”
The party was also forced to delete a social media post which showed a headless PM Modi with the caption "Gayab" (missing). The post insinuated that the prime minister was "missing" from the scene during a crisis.
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