Senior Congress leader and Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president Raj Babbar on Wednesday questioned whether the Narendra Modi Government has any place for martyrs in its grand celebrations to mark three years in power.
Mocking the celebrations marking three years of the Modi regime at the Centre, Raj Babbar said, “If anyone is happy with the grand celebrations, it’s those who are in the business of event management and tent houses.”
Questioning the credentials of the Modi government on the plank of national and internal security, security on international borders and defense preparedness, the Congress leader said “during the last three years, 578 jawans of our security forces and 877 civilians have been martyred in attacks by adversaries near the International border and the loC.
“In the last six months only, Pakistani soldiers intruded our territory and brutally murdered our soldiers thrice,” he added.
Also, the country has reported 372 terror attacks over the last three years, with 12 major ones occurring in the last 21 months. Further, 271 security personnel have lost their lives in attacks by naxal extremists over the last three years.
“But the government of the day only fulfills its duty by just condemning these killings. Will the martyr’s kin be part of the Modi Government’s grand celebrations,” said Babbar.
Raj Babbar added that even on the defense front, things have worsened. “9000 officer posts, 25,000 junior officer posts and 52,000 posts of jawans are lying vacant in the Army. But instead of filling these posts with requisite manpower, the Modi government is utilising government funds for publishing advertisements and running media campaigns for completion of three years in power.”