Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 29: Raising serious questions over the security lapses at Pahalgam leading to terrorist attack, Congress has demanded resignation of Home Minister Amit Shah besides questioning the silence of BJP leadership over the purported insulting utterances of BJP leaders.
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Talking to media persons at the PCC headquarters, here today, JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla and other Congress leaders asked why there was no security at Baisaran (Pahalgam) where 2000 tourists used to visit daily. “The Home Ministry directly looks after the law and order and security matters of J&K UT, so he should own the responsibility and resign from the post, besides other heads should roll down who are responsible for this failure,” they said.
Referring to Foreign Affairs Minister S Jai Shankar’s own disclosure that Pakistan was intimated about the action before start of Operation Sindoor, Raman Bhalla said that it is the reason with the nation and the Government owes an explanation. He also questioned how the US President Donald Trump announced ceasefire on behalf of India, which amounts to third party interference in violation of Shimla Agreement.
The Congress leaders charged BJP of hiding behind the success and bravery of armed forces and trying to take political mileage out of ‘Operation Sindoor’,
“BJP leaders are insulting and demoralizing the forces by highly objectionable, hateful and insulting utterances, but no action is being taken by the Government, BJP high command and law enforcement agencies,” they said and warned that the Congress shall take it to streets if no action is taken against such elements in the BJP.
The party demanded that the affected people should be given adequate compensation for the loss of properties to be assessed by the revenue and engineering departments together, besides bunkers in entire border districts including townships for safety of people alongwith scheme for 5 marlas plots in safer zones.
“Those who lost their kith and kin should be given jobs in addition to ex-gratia of Rs 50 lakhs per family. A special package for their rehabilitation and recruitments in border areas be announced by the Home Minister, during his visit,” Congress leaders demanded.
Raman Bhalla was accompanied by JKPCC Chief Spokesperson Ravinder Sharma, senior leaders Th Balwan Singh, Yogesh Sawhney, Ved Mahajan and Neeraj Gupta.
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