New Delhi, July 29 (UNI) The Opposition parties today slammed Centre’s BJP-led ruling NDA over alleged security lapses during the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack while participating in the discussion on Operation Sindoor in Rajya Sabha today.
Sagarika Ghosh of the Trinamool Congress, referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark on Operation Sindoor, said that “instead of sindoor, it is politics that flows through his veins”. She was referring to Modi’s statement at a public rally that sindoor flows in his veins instead of blood.
Ghosh said the administration and intelligence agencies failed in Pahalgam, which led to the incident. She questioned why the government does not want to guarantee the security of villages located along the border with Pakistan.
DMK’s Tiruchi Siva, participating in the discussion, said that the government does not respect democratic traditions. The opposition supported the government after Operation Sindoor, and many opposition leaders were part of the delegations sent abroad, but the government refused the opposition’s demand to call a special session of Parliament to discuss the issue, he alleged.
Siva also said that the Prime Minister’s absence from the House is a disrespect to democratic traditions. He pointed out that after the Pahalgam attack, the Prime Minister went to Bihar and announced steps against Pakistan from there. The Prime Minister also went on foreign visits, but his presence in the House was rarely seen. This, he said, is against democracy.
The DMK leader added that the decision to suspend the Indus Water Treaty after the Pahalgam attack was not appropriate. He said the decision was against the citizens. He also said that the Pakistani government’s policy of persecuting its citizens is wrong. He warned that this would further encourage terrorist activities.
