Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday termed Pakistan-sponsored terror as cancer, even as her party expressed concern over the repeated terror attacks in the country after terrorists targeted an Army camp in Kupwara. The Congress said they must be met with decisive action and not rhetoric.
“The entire country is certainly worried about the repeated terrorist attacks happening in the country,” Sonia said conveying her condolences and stressed that the Congress and every Indian is standing with the families of the martyrs.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said that the repeated terrorist attacks on Army camps are extremely worrying. “Must be met with strategic and decisive action,” he said on Twitter. He expressed his “heartfelt condolences to the families of our three brave soldiers martyred in the Kupwara attack”.
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad claimed that the “unholy” alliance between the PDP and the BJP in Jammu & Kashmir is built on sand and it will not survive for long.
AICC incharge of communications department Randeep Surjewala said the Kupwara attack was similar to the one in Uri. “Wake up from inertia and give a befitting reply. Since 2014, 198 jawans have been sacrificed in J&K. 72 soldiers martyred in 2017 fighting Naxalism. Times demand decisive action not rhetoric,” he said.
Azad who has served as Chief Minister of the State said the BJP and the PDP tried to build a “structure on sand... Without any foundation. Hence, the building they have built is bound to collapse”.
Alluding to the friction in the PDP-BJP ties, he said that the “structure has started crumbling and soon you will witness both the partners biting the dust and moving in opposite direction”. “The PDP-BJP coalition in Jammu & Kashmir is an unholy alliance. It will not survive for long. It can collapse anytime,” he said.
Referring to the recent meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and State Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, he said, “When a PM gives an ultimatum or a three months deadline to a CM, then it’s evident ... The writing is clear on the wall.”
The PM and the CM had on Tuesday discussed steps needed to bring peace back to the Valley, where student protests against police actions have been gaining ground in recent days.
The Congress leader alleged that Modi was stirring up the religious sentiments of the people for electoral gains.