LG was busy with Lok Sabha polls when security situation in J&K was deteriorating, alleges Congress
The allegations came against the backdrop of Jammu and Kashmir seeing a series of militant attacks since Sunday.
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Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha was busy campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections when the security situation in the Union territory was deteriorating, Congress’ Uttar Pradesh unit chief Ajay Rai alleged on Wednesday, reported The Hindu.
“You get it checked where the Lieutenant Governor was when campaigning for Varanasi and Ghazipur was at the peak,” Rai told the newspaper. “He was visiting village after village mobilising support [for the Bharatiya Janata Party]”.
He added: “When the security situation was volatile and deteriorating, he [Sinha] was in Purvanchal. It shows he failed in his constitutional duty.”
In the recently-concluded general elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh for a third consecutive term with a margin of 1.5 lakh votes.
Modi was able to secure around 6.1 lakh votes while Rai trailed with 4.6 lakh votes.
The Congress leader’s remarks on Wednesday came against the backdrop of Jammu and Kashmir seeing three militant attacks since Sunday.
On Wednesday, two militants and a Central Reserve Police Force officer were killed in the Kathua district after an overnight gunfight.
Hours later, a special police officer was injured after militants opened fire at a joint team of police and paramilitary forces in Doda district’s Kota Top area near Gandoh.
While Kathua lies along the International Border with Pakistan in...
