Congress requires white paper from Modi authorities on Pulwama assault
6 min readBy PTI
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday demanded that the federal authorities ought to come back out with a white paper on the Pulwama assault providing options to questions equal to what have been the intelligence failures and why troops have been denied airplane.
Days after former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satypal Malik’s allegations over the 2019 Pulwama assault, the Congress held a press conference proper right here by Col (retd) Rohit Chaudhry and Wing Commander (retd) Anuma Acharya, every associated to the event, and posed a sequence of inquiries to the federal authorities on the assault by means of which 40 CRPF jawans have been killed.
There has been no response from the federal authorities since Malik’s interview to a data portal was launched, whereas the BJP has said that there have been essential questions on his credibility and cited quite a few statements made by him in current occasions.
The BJP had cited Malik’s earlier remarks, along with the one which mocked former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi as a political juvenile , and slammed him as a result of the disgraced governor of Jammu and Kashmir.
Congress spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil said the event did not make any political assertion over an incident like Pulwama in 2019 nonetheless wanted to raise this concern as points have been expressed by former army chief Gen (retd) Shankar Roychowdhury in an interview.
Chaudhry and Acharya, the two armed forces veterans, said the defence fraternity and the entire nation share the problems of Malik and Gen. Roychowdhury.
They posed inquiries to the prime minister on the premise of the assertions by the earlier army chief.
Why have been 2,500 CRPF troopers not allowed to journey by air no matter their request, they requested.
They moreover requested as to why have been intelligence inputs between January 2, 2019 and February 13, 2019 warning of a terrorist assault ignored.
“How did the militants procure around 300 kg of explosives? How could this huge quantity remain undetected despite heavy security presence in South Kashmir, especially the Pulwama-Anantnag-Avantipora belt,” Chaudhry said.
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Four years after the assault, how far has the inquiry progressed? Why is there a delay in ending the inquiry and letting the nation know its findings? they said.
At the Congress presser, the two army veterans said that in earlier terror assaults, such as a result of the Mumbai assaults in 2011 and the Pathankot assault in 2016, inquiries have been held and findings made public.
“This was essential to establish the truth, fix responsibility, and strengthen India’s national security. In Pulwama too, these serious questions must be addressed,” they said.
“Therefore, we demand that the government of India publish a white paper on the Pulwama attacks, describing — how the attacks took place, what were the intelligence failures , why troops were denied aircraft, what security lapses occurred and the role of CRPF, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Defence, National Security Advisor and the Prime Minister’s Office,” the veterans said.
The Congress had on Saturday demanded that the Centre reveal the results of the probe into the Pulwama incident and requested why the paramilitary personnel have been denied airplane and made to commute by freeway whatever the phobia assault menace.
BJP’s I-T division head Amit Malviya had on Saturday tweeted an outdated remark of Malik, who has grow to be a sturdy critic of the federal authorities in current occasions, praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi as among the best PM for Jammu and Kashmir, to hit out at his U-turn.
Meanwhile, Indian Youth Congress members held a protest proper right here in opposition to the federal authorities over Malik’s claims. IYC nationwide president Srinivas BV said the sensational disclosure made by Malik is beautiful.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi should break the silence, should tell the country why did you hide the mistake of your own government,” he requested.
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday demanded that the federal authorities ought to come back out with a white paper on the Pulwama assault providing options to questions equal to what have been the intelligence failures and why troops have been denied airplane.
Days after former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satypal Malik’s allegations over the 2019 Pulwama assault, the Congress held a press conference proper right here by Col (retd) Rohit Chaudhry and Wing Commander (retd) Anuma Acharya, every associated to the event, and posed a sequence of inquiries to the federal authorities on the assault by means of which 40 CRPF jawans have been killed.
There has been no response from the federal authorities since Malik’s interview to a data portal was launched, whereas the BJP has said that there have been essential questions on his credibility and cited quite a few statements made by him in current occasions.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The BJP had cited Malik’s earlier remarks, along with the one which mocked former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi as a political juvenile , and slammed him as a result of the disgraced governor of Jammu and Kashmir.
Congress spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil said the event did not make any political assertion over an incident like Pulwama in 2019 nonetheless wanted to raise this concern as points have been expressed by former army chief Gen (retd) Shankar Roychowdhury in an interview.
Chaudhry and Acharya, the two armed forces veterans, said the defence fraternity and the entire nation share the problems of Malik and Gen. Roychowdhury.
They posed inquiries to the prime minister on the premise of the assertions by the earlier army chief.
Why have been 2,500 CRPF troopers not allowed to journey by air no matter their request, they requested.
They moreover requested as to why have been intelligence inputs between January 2, 2019 and February 13, 2019 warning of a terrorist assault ignored.
“How did the militants procure around 300 kg of explosives? How could this huge quantity remain undetected despite heavy security presence in South Kashmir, especially the Pulwama-Anantnag-Avantipora belt,” Chaudhry said.
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Four years after the assault, how far has the inquiry progressed? Why is there a delay in ending the inquiry and letting the nation know its findings? they said.
At the Congress presser, the two army veterans said that in earlier terror assaults, such as a result of the Mumbai assaults in 2011 and the Pathankot assault in 2016, inquiries have been held and findings made public.
“This was essential to establish the truth, fix responsibility, and strengthen India’s national security. In Pulwama too, these serious questions must be addressed,” they said.
“Therefore, we demand that the government of India publish a white paper on the Pulwama attacks, describing — how the attacks took place, what were the intelligence failures , why troops were denied aircraft, what security lapses occurred and the role of CRPF, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Defence, National Security Advisor and the Prime Minister’s Office,” the veterans said.
The Congress had on Saturday demanded that the Centre reveal the results of the probe into the Pulwama incident and requested why the paramilitary personnel have been denied airplane and made to commute by freeway whatever the phobia assault menace.
BJP’s I-T division head Amit Malviya had on Saturday tweeted an outdated remark of Malik, who has grow to be a sturdy critic of the federal authorities in current occasions, praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi as among the best PM for Jammu and Kashmir, to hit out at his U-turn.
Meanwhile, Indian Youth Congress members held a protest proper right here in opposition to the federal authorities over Malik’s claims. IYC nationwide president Srinivas BV said the sensational disclosure made by Malik is beautiful.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi should break the silence, should tell the country why did you hide the mistake of your own government,” he requested.
