BJP criticises Congress’ Charanjit Singh Channi for calling Poonch militant attack a poll ‘stunt’
One Indian Air Force staffer was killed and four others were injured in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday after militants fired at their convoy.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday criticised Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi for calling the militant attack on an Indian Air Force convoy in Jammu and Kashmir a day earlier a “stunt” to make the ruling party win the Lok Sabha elections, The Hindu reported.
One Indian Air Force staffer was killed and four others were injured in the Union territory’s Poonch district on Saturday after militants fired at their vehicles.
On Sunday, while responding to a question on the attack, Channi claimed: “Whenever elections are near, such stunts are performed to make the BJP win.”
“There is no truth in it,” he alleged. “The BJP knows how to play with people’s lives and bodies.”
Channi, the former Punjab chief minister, has been fielded by the Congress from the Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency.
Responding to the remarks, BJP leader Anurag Thakur said that Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi should apologise for Channi’s comments.
“I have a question for Congress: were the 1962, 1965 and 1971 wars done for winning elections?” the Hindustan Times quoted Thakur as saying.
Thakur was referring to India’s war with China in 1962 and with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971.
“They [Congress] question the ability of our forces,” the Union minister said. “How low will the Congress stoop? Will the Congress insult our bravehearts for the sake of...
