Pulwama attack: 'Why were CRPF personnel denied aircraft,' Congress asks Centre

The Congress on Saturday demanded that the Centre reveal the outcome of the probe into the 2019 Pulwama incident in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed and asked why the paramilitary personnel were denied aircraft and made to commute by road despite terror attack threatCongress general secretary Jairam Ramesh accused the BJPled Union government of minimum governance and maximum silence and asked for its response to the allegations made by Satypal Malik who was the governor of Jammu and Kashmir at the time of the Pulwama terror attackIt is the governments responsibility to answer he said adding that the Congress will continue to ask questions that concern national securityThere has been no reaction from the government since Maliks interview to a news portal was released while the BJP has said that there were serious questions about his credibility and cited various statements made by him in recent yearsTagging the interview Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted in Hindi To whom does Rs 20000 crore belong why is the prime minister so afraid of answering this questionIn another tweet on Friday night Gandhi repeated the reported statement of Satyapal Malik saying The prime minister does not hate corruption very muchRamesh also said on Twitter The Home Minister should stop trying to play Narada Muni and address the very serious charges levelled against his Saheb by his own party colleague Satyapal MalikIn another tweet he said the probe into the Pulwama incident assumes fresh significance in the light of former Maliks revelationsFormer governor Satyapal Malik has made sensational revelations in an interview And now every effort is being made to suppress the issues raised in the interview but the truth will not be suppressed These are very serious and important questions that are related to national security Ramesh saidAlso read Kejriwal threatens to sue CBI ED for perjury filing of false affidavits in courtsAsking questions is our duty we will not stop no matter how long the PM remains mute and whatever threats come our way he also saidAddressing a joint press conference along with party leaders Pawan Khera and Supriya Shrinate Ramesh alleged that the government has created buildings as symbols of democracy but democracy is missingShrinate asked Why were the CRPF personnel denied an aircraft Why were they not airliftedWhy were the Jaish threats ignored Why were 11 intelligence inputs between 2 January 2019 and 13 February 2019 that had warned of a terror attack ignored she said and asked how could militants procure 300 kgs of RDXAfter over four years where has the inquiry into the Pulwama terror attack reached Where when how and who will fix the accountability for NSA Shri Ajit Doval and then Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh she askedKhera also said the interview had raised several questions including why did prime minister ask Malik to remain silentMeanwhile BJPs IT cell head Amit Malviya played videos of Maliks remarks in 2018 where he had lauded Narendra Modi as best for Jammu and Kashmir but has now said that the prime minister is illinformed about JKThe best thing about speaking the truth is that you dont have to remember what you spoke last time Satyapal Malik the disgraced governor of JK tying himself in knots here he said citing the videos of 2018 and 2023Satyapal Malik former Governor of JampK admits to lying and making up baseless stories on what Home Minister Amit Shah had said about Prime Minister Modi No one took him seriously even when he made these allegations back then But it raises serious questions on his credibility Malviya said while playing out Maliks interviewHe also played another video on his remarks about Rahul Gandhi and said Before Congress minions get all excited about Satyapal Malik their newfound knight in shining armour here is what he had to say about Rahul Gandhi So sit downChhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said the BJPled central government must respond to claims made by Malik on the Pulwama terror attackAllegations have been levelled against the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Centre The matter is linked to the security of the nation and the martyrdom of jawansIf the then governor has made such statements and accusations then the Centre must reply to it Baghel told reporters while replying to queriesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever