‘ Attack reflects NDA govt failure’
Azad condemns Pak for such actions, says saddened by death of soldiers, civilian ◗ The Cong leader praised National Conference working chief Omar Abdullah for disassociating from the action of one of his party MLAs in the Legislative Assembly
Jammu, Feb. 11: The terror attack on an Army camp here reflects the “failure and weakness” of the BJP- led NDA government at the Centre, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Sunday suggesting that a “policy paralysis” prevailed in the country.
“We do not want to play politics over the attack at a time when terrorists from the neighbouring country are targeting our forces and their families in their homes...( But) why are Army installations are being attacked one after the other which means that the Central government has failed,” Mr Azad told reporters here.
The former chief minister said his party was “saddened” by the terror attack on the Army camp at Sunjuwan which left five soldiers and a civilian dead.
“We are saddened by the attack which is the latest in a series of attacks in the past several weeks in which a number of our soldiers were killed or injured. Civilians are also getting killed and injured on borders. We condemn Pakistan and its forces for such actions,” he said.
Mr Azad said he visited the injured soldiers and their family members in the hospital this morning and expressed grief to the families of the martyrs and prayed for speedy recovery of the injured on behalf of his party leadership.
However, the Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha said the attack reflects the “failure and weakness” of the policies of the government.
“The PM and finance minister talked about policy paralysis time and again. We want to know whether the policy paralysis is this time around or during our period,” he said.
The Congress leader praised National Conference working president Omar Abdullah for disassociating from the action of one of his party MLAs in the Legislative Assembly on Saturday. He, however, criticised Speaker Kavinder Gupta’s remark about Rohingya Muslims.
Asked about the stand of his party on the Rohingya settlers, he said the BJP had made it an issue, otherwise there was no input that any of them was involved in terror.