Taking on the Congress for attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Pulwama attack, the BJP on Thursday lashed out at the Opposition party saying its stand exposes the claim that it was standing with the Government and armed forces in the aftermath of the terror attack in Kashmir and that the party sounds like echoing voices from across the border.
Addressing a Press conference, Union Minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad accused the Congress of seeking to weaken the morale of the armed forces at a time when the whole world is “firmly standing” with India.
Prasad hit out at the Congress for its “shameful” attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said he was in Uttarakhand on the day of Pulwama attack as part of an official programme related to tiger conservation. “Was the Congress aware of the Pulwama attack? We were not aware,” the BJP leader said in a dig at the Opposition party.
He said the Congress attack on the Modi Government would have pleased Pakistan adding that styles of what Imran Khan and the Opposition party have said may be different but their contents bore striking resemblance. He charged the Congress with demoralising armed forces in the country whore valiantly responding to terror outfits.
Prasad said strength of the Modi Government reflected in removing security of the Kashmiri separatists and eagerness of Kashmiri youth to participate in Army recruitment. He said India has received global backing against Pakistan on the Pulwama attack and the neighbouring country was diplomatically isolated.