"No matter what happens, the Prime Minister cannot postpone receiving accolades," said Congress media and publicity department head Pawan Khera.
NEW DELHI — Several INDIA Alliance parties slammed the BJP on Thursday for holding “celebrations” to mark the success of the G20 Summit on a day security personnel were killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, with the Congress saying that no matter what happens, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot postpone receiving accolades.
Colonel Manpreet Singh, Commanding Officer of 19 Rashtriya Rifles, Major Ashish Dhonack, and Deputy Superintendent Humayun Bhat were killed in the gunfight with mikitants that ensued in Garol area of Anantnag district early Wednesday, reports PTI
In a post on X, the Congress called the prime minister “insensitive” and shared videos of mourning family members of a deceased soldier and Prime Minister Modi being given a rousing welcome at the BJP headquarters on Wednesday evening following the successful G20 meeting under India’s presidency.
In a post in Hindi on X, Congress media and publicity department head Pawan Khera said that at a time when the the sad news of the martyrdom of three officers of our army was coming, a “celebration was organized for Badshah” at the BJP headquarters.
“No matter what happens, the Prime Minister cannot postpone receiving accolades,” he said.
Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said three officers of the police and the army were martyred in an encounter in Kashmir.
“It breaks my heart to see pictures of their small children. And here the celebration hasn’t stopped? He had not stopped shooting even after the martyrdom of 40 brave men in Pulwama. There is unimaginable insensitivity,” Shrinate said and shared pictures of the welcome at the BJP headquarters.
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi also shared the video of the rousing welcome accorded to the PM at the BJP headquarters, and said “this could have been postponed, expected more sensitivity, especially on a day when our security forces have fought a fierce fight with militants in Kashmir”.
RJD leader and Member of Parliament Manoj Jha called Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP “insensitive”, saying they celebrated the G20 Summit’s success on a day security personnel lost their lives in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
“Even though news about Army officials’ martyrdom on Wednesday were on various channels, still, PM Modi and the BJP were celebrating G20 Summit success in the party headquarters. It shows that PM Modi and his party were insensitive about the deaths of our brave soldiers,” Jha said in a video statement.
“I was watching the TV wherein the broadcasters were displaying news on martyrdom of our brave soldiers in one frame and celebration of PM Modi in the other frame. When the news about the supreme sacrifice of our brave soldiers were broadcast, why did not the BJP postpone Summit’s success celebration to some other date,” Jha said.
“It shows double standards of PM Modi who talks about nationalism. When Pulwama incident happened, PM Modi had said that he learnt about the incident late. However, on Wednesday, the news of martyrdom of our brave soldiers were broadcast all day, still BJP leaders were celebrating and showering flower petals to welcome the Prime Minister.” — With agency inputs
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