As the Congress on Tuesday accused the Government in the lok Sabha of failing to protect military installations from cross-border terror strikes and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘silence even after five soldiers were killed in Sunday’s Pulwama attack, the Government sought the opposition to not to play politics over the sensitive issue.
The Opposition party also asked why the Government failed to prevent the attack when there was intelligence input about it.
Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who raised the issue during the zero hour , also lashed out at the government over National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval meeting his Pakistani counterpart in Bangkok last week, notwithstanding Pakistani authorities ill-treating the family of Indian death row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav in Islamabad.
“What is the Government’s Pakistan policyIJ The NSA met the Pakistani NSA in Bangkok after the family of Kulbhushan Jadhav was ill treated by Pakistan. On the other hand, cross- border attacks are going on,” Scindia said while attacking the Government over its alleged failure ward off terror strikes from across the border .On the Pulwama attack, Scindia accused the Government of failing to put in place security measures to protect sensitive defence installations even though there were similar terror strikes on military bases in the recent past including in Uri, Udhampur and Pathankot.
“When people were celebrating (the new year), Pakistan- sponsored terrorist attacked a CRPF camp in Pulwama. Five soldiers laid down their lives. The soldiers are sacrificing their lives protecting the country but the government does not look serious in protecting them,” Scindia said.
He also wondered why the Prime Minister was maintaining “total silence” over it.
Scindia also attacked BJP’s MP from Rampur, UP, Nepal Singh for his reported comments that army jawans should expect death because of the profession they are in.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar accused the Congress of trying to play politics over a sensitive issue. “We had carried out the surgical strikes. We killed around 200 terrorists in the last three years. The Congress should not play politics over a sensitive issue,” Kumar said. He also said 80 terrorists were killed last year itself.