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Amit Shah launched scathing attack on Congress over terror attacks that took place during UPA government and dared Rahul Gandhi to give account of action taken against terrorism.
Amit Shah slams Congress in Lok Sabha over terror attacks during UPA (Photo: Sansad TV)
Taking on the Opposition during the Operation Sindoor debate in Parliament, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday dared Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi to give an account of actions taken by the UPA government in response to terror incidents during their tenure.
Shah invoked the Batla House encounter and said that over 25 major attacks took place within 6 years, in which nearly 1,000 people were killed; however, the then Manmohan Singh government at the Centre “did not do anything”.
“There were 27 big attacks between 2005 and 2011. Around 1,000 people were killed. What did you do? I challenge Rahul Gandhi to stand in the House and tell the people of the country what action they took against these terror attacks. They did not do anything,” the Home Minister said, while addressing the Lok Sabha today.
Recalling Congress leader Salman Khurshid’s remark on Batla House encounter with Sonia Gandhi’s reference, and said that the grand old party does not have any right to ask questions to the government over terror.
“I saw Salman Khurshid crying on TV. He was coming out of Sonia Gandhi’s residence and said that she cried after seeing the pictures of Batla House encounter. If she had to cry, she should have cried for Shaheed Mohan Sharma, not for the terrorists of the Batla House encounter. And they ask us what we have done? They do not have any right to ask us,” he said.
Shah also responded to the Opposition’s criticism of three terror attacks during the Narendra Modi government, and said that they were “Kashmir-centric” and no such attacks took place in the rest of the country.
“They said that attacks took place during our tenure as well. I want to tell them the difference. They are not able to see. Whatever attacks took place in our tenure were Kashmir-centric. Not a single incident took place in the rest of the country,” he said.
“This is the Modi government. Even in Kashmir, the situation is such today that they have to send terrorists from Pakistan. Terrorists are no longer found in Kashmir,” Shah stressed.
Ashesh Mallick is a Sub-Editor with over three years of experience in news writing, video production. He primarily covers national news, politics and global affairs. You can follow him on Twitter: @MallickAshes…Read More
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