Home Minister should take responsibility for Pahalgam attack: Congress' Gaurav Gogoi
Speaking during the discussion on Operation Sindoor in the Lok Sabha, Gogoi said:
"The Home Minister comes and says that everything is well arranged. The backbone of terrorism has been broken. Yet, Uri happens, Pulwama happens, and Pahalgam happens. In the end, who takes responsibility? The Lieutenant Governor of J&K? No. If responsibility has to be taken, then Hon'ble Home Minister, it is you who must take the responsibility."
He also said that all the blame for the Pahalgam attack was placed on the tour operator, with the claim that the operator took tourists to Pahalgam without permission and without informing the government.
He questioned this logic of "evading responsibility", asking how such an argument could be justified.
He further pointed out that 100 days have passed since the Pahalgam attack, yet the four terrorists involved have not been apprehended. The terrorists came, were given shelter, carried out an attack in Pahalgam for an hour, and escaped—yet not a single one has been caught.
Mr. Gogoi said, 'Those who gave shelter to the terrorists have not been caught, those who supplied them with weapons have not been caught, and those who helped them escape safely after the attack have also not been apprehended. The government has drones, Pegasus, and the Central Reserve Police Force—so why, Home Minister, have the terrorists and their accomplices still not been captured?'
He said that in Pahalgam, terrorists fired at unarmed tourists for an hour, and no one came to their aid. Even the ambulance took an hour to reach the scene. 'Who will answer these questions?' he asked.
Gogoi further alleged that the central government is so arrogant that no matter how serious its mistakes are, no one is allowed to question it.
He said, "At the time of the Pahalgam attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Saudi Arabia and completed all his scheduled programs there. After returning to India, he did not visit Pahalgam but instead went to Bihar to deliver an election speech. If anyone went to Pahalgam, it was our leader Rahul Gandhi. It would have been much better if he had gone to Pahalgam."
The Congress Deputy Leader said, "The phrase "we will strike inside their territory" has been heard often—first after the 2016 terrorist attack, and again after the Pahalgam attack. Now, he said, it is being claimed that Operation Sindoor is still ongoing, which implies that Pakistan will carry out another terrorist attack, and then there will be another response under Operation Sindoor".
He further stated that after the ceasefire, it was said, 'Our objective was not war; our objective was not to capture Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.'
He questioned, 'If we are not going to take Pakistan-occupied Kashmir now, then when will we?'
Gogoi also demanded when the whole Opposition and the country was with the Government then why did the ceasefire happen.
"The entire country and the Opposition were with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but on the evening of May 10, news of a ceasefire emerged. In such a situation, Narendra Modi should explain- Why did this ceasefire happen? When Pakistan was ready to kneel, why did you stop? and Who did you bow to, who did you surrender to?"
Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh while participating in the discussion slammed Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi saying that the Jorhat MP failed to acknowledge the sacrifices of Indian soldiers. He also accused the UPA for rise in terrorism in the country.
Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee raised concerns over the ceasefire decision.
He also criticised the Prime Minister for remaining silent on US President Donald Trump's repeated assertions about playing a role in ending the India-Pakistan conflict.
'Why was a ceasefire declared under pressure from the American President?' he questioned.
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