Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for going ahead with his address to Bharatiya Janata Party workers through a mega video conference amid escalating tension with Pakistan, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said the act of “this suited-booted” ruling party was condemnable.
In a tweet, Akhilesh said: “When the entire nation is standing with the government and every Indian is rising above politics, BJP is going to make a record of contact with booth-level workers. Even the BJP supporters are ashamed of this. The situation could be very bad but this suited-booted BJP will continue with its festivities. Condemnable!”
“The Prime Minister interacted with over 1 crore BJP workers and volunteers from 15,000 locations across the country in what the party claims is the ‘world’s largest video conference’,” the SP chief tweeted.
In another tweet, Akhilesh said. “It has been nearly 24 hrs since our pilot has gone missing. On the other hand, 6 brave IAF personnel lost their lives in a helicopter crash. The nation is praying. We’re all waiting with baited breath but not a word from our leadership. The silence is deafening.”
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman of Indian Air Force was captured by Pakistan after an air combat on Wednesday in which he downed a Pakistan fighter jet following an unsuccessful attempt to target Indian military installations and his plane crashed inside Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.