The Congress moreover demanded that the Centre reveal the top results of the probe into the 2019 Pulwama incident by which 40 CRPF jawans had been killed.
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday accused the central authorities of indulging in “headline manipulation” and diverting consideration from former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik’s allegations over the 2019 Pulwama assault.
Congress regular secretary Jairam Ramesh alleged on Twitter that the “Modi machine” has shortly each suppressed the “revelations” or diverted consideration from them by producing totally different headlines and debates, an apparent reference to the narrative throughout the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf.
And see how the Modi Machine has shortly each supressed the revelations or has diverted consideration from them by producing totally different headlines and debates. https://t.co/sS9WSq275b
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) April 16, 2023
The BJP has cited Malik’s earlier remarks, along with the one which mocked former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi as a “political juvenile”, and slammed him as a result of the “disgraced governor of Jammu and Kashmir.”
BJP’s I-T division head Amit Malviya had on Saturday tweeted an earlier remark of Malik, who has grow to be a strong critic of the federal authorities in current instances, praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a result of the “best PM” for Jammu and Kashmir, to hit out at his “U-turn.”
Congress’ media division head Pawan Khera moreover slammed the federal authorities on Sunday, saying questions do not vanish by “headline manipulation.”
He talked about, “Questions only increase. Why clean chit to China? Why no JPC on Adani? Where did 20K crores come from in Adani’s shell companies? Why no answers on Pulwama?”
Senior Congress chief and MP Shashi Tharoor put out a Twitter thread summarising the “revelations” made by Malik which he talked about had been “under-reported” by the media. Tharoor talked about the “revelations” had been on problems with nationwide security which needs to be of concern to the nation.
“There is no national security interest involved in suppressing the story, only the political interests of the ruling party. The media should press GoI for an honest admission of failure and corrective action. The 40 jawans won’t come back to us but they and our nation deserve the truth,” Tharoor talked about.
There isn’t any nationwide security curiosity involved in suppressing the story, solely the political pursuits of the ruling social gathering. The media must press GoI for an reliable admission of failure&corrective movement. The 40 jawans gained’t come once more to us nonetheless they&our nation deserve the truth.
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) April 16, 2023
The Congress had on Saturday demanded that the Centre reveal the top results of the probe into the 2019 Pulwama incident by which 40 CRPF jawans had been killed and requested why the paramilitary personnel had been “denied” aircraft and made to commute by road whatever the phobia assault danger.
Ramesh had accused the BJP-led Union authorities of “minimum governance and maximum silence” and sought its response to the allegations made by Malik, who was the governor of Jammu and Kashmir on the time of the Pulwama terror assault.
There has been no response from the federal authorities since Malik’s interview with a data portal was launched, whereas the BJP has talked about that there have been vital questions on his credibility and cited quite a few statements made by him in current instances.
Sharing a clip of a present interview, by which Malik withdrew a controversial comment he claimed Home Minister Amit Shah had made, Malviya had talked about Malik admitted to “lying and making up baseless stories on what Home Minister Amit Shah had said about Prime Minister Modi.”
“No one took him seriously even when he made these allegations back then. But it raises serious questions on his credibility,” he had added.