NEW DELHI: Founder PDP member and former Lok Sabha MP Tariq Hameed Karra, who joined the Congress today, termed as “politically motivated” the statement of army chief General Bipin Rawat on “tough action” against those supporting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir.
“As far as the army chief’s statement is concerned, I feel it is a politically motivated statement. It is very unfortunate that a force like the army, which has been deputed to save the nation’s sovereignty, is politicised,” he told reporters soon after his formal joining at the AICC headquarters.
Karra accused the Prime Minister of “politicising” an independent institution like the army, saying he was using the army chief’s statement.
The former PDP leader also sought to backtrack from his statement later saying, “I am saying that it is an unfortunate thing if army is brought into politically motivated things”. (AGENCIES)
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