Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday hit out at the Congress leadership for senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad's 'irresponsible' remarks that more civilians were getting killed than terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir.
Addressing a press conference, the union law minister said that it was a matter of shame for the nation that a terrorist organisation such as Laskhar e Taiba was agreeing with the Congress' statement. "Why is the Congress trying to divide the nation for the sake of political gains?" Prasad questioned.
He also lashed out at Congress President Rahul Gandhi and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi for welcoming 'Pakistan proxy' Tariq Hameed Karra into the party fold. "Azad and Soz are not exceptions, another Pakistan proxy finds his rightful place in the Congress party! Mr Tariq Hameed Karra, who is known for speaking the language of Pakistan, recently joined the Congress in the presence of Smt. Sonia and Rahul Gandhi," the BJP tweeted on Friday.
Earlier in the day, the LeT in an emailed statement said that they agreed with Azad and others.
“We have been of the same opinion as of the expressions of Ghulam Nabi Azad and others since the beginning. India is up to bringing back the era of Jagmohan by imposing the Governor law so as to sabotage the infrastructure and commit massacre of innocents. It is a move to further intensify the mass killings,” the terrorist organisation wrote.
The statement also criticised Mehbooba Mufti and said: “Mehbooba Mufti has strived to her excellence in establishing the agenda of RSS in the Valley and Jammu. 8 lakh Indian forces are committing atrocities in Jammu Kashmir. The people are being suppressed down into slavery by excessive force. But the immense sacrifices by the people of Jammu Kashmir have rendered the likes of Operation All-Out as complete failures. The cease-fire was merely drama. It was intended for covert targets, not for the peacekeeping developments.”
The statement alleged that ‘India was committing gross human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir for 7 decades’.
