‘Safety lapses led to Pahalgam assault, these accountable ought to resign’: Kharge takes on Centre


The Congress chief raised a number of questions on the federal government, daring them to confess “safety lapses” in Jammu and Kashmir which, he claimed led to the Pahalgam terror assault.

New Delhi:

Chief of Opposition within the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday questioned the Centre on the whereabouts of the terrorists concerned within the Pahalgam assault whereas talking within the higher home throughout the debate on Operation Sindoor. 

Kharge began his speech with tributed to the victims of the barbaric terror assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baisaran vallery on April 22, saying, “mehendi waale haathon ne pati ki laash uthai hai, bebas rote bachhon ne papa ki jaan ganwai hai, ashru bhare lachaar khadi bebas naari ko dekha hai, Pahalgam ghaati mein humne apno ko marte dekha hai.” (palms adorned with mehendi lifted their husbands our bodies, helpless weeping youngsters have misplaced their father’s life, we’ve seen a tearful, powerless girl standing in despair, we’ve seen our family members dying within the Pahalgam valley).

“Together with the whole nation and this Home, I condemn the barbaric assault (in Pahalgam) and the continual assist to terrorists by Pakistan. We had condemned Pakistan earlier too, we’ll condemn them right now as properly and if this continues tomorrow, we’ll proceed to sentence them. However right here, we condemn them and also you attend their feast and hug them,” he added.

Kharge questions Centre

The Congress chief raised a number of questions on the federal government, daring them to confess “safety lapses” in Jammu and Kashmir which, he claimed led to the Pahalgam terror assault. He additionally questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s absence from the all-party assembly on Operation Sindoor. 

Kharge held the federal government accountable for the latest Pahalgam assault, stating that whoever is accountable ought to resign. Referring to the Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor’s acknowledgment of safety lapses, Kharge criticised the Centre and demanded that Residence Minister Amit Shah take accountability for the failure in guaranteeing enough safety within the area.