Clarify Mehbooba’s Wani remark: Cong

Jammu: The Congress on Friday challenged the BJP to ‘come clean’ on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's statement on the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Buhan Wani by security forces.“PDP leader Muzaffar Hussain Beig had said the Chief Minister was not aware of the encounter. Now, the Chief Minister says that had the forces known that Burhan Wani was there, he could have been given a second chance. The BJP should clear its stand on the Chief Minister's statement," Congress Jammu and Kashmir general secretary Vikram Malhotra told reporters here.

He said the BJP, which used to advocate dealing with the insurgency in Kashmir with an "iron hand", should come out with a clarification regarding the Chief Minister's statement that the "sacrifice of the youth killed will not go waste".

had lifted curfew and restrictions from across the Valley, except Anantnag town.