Opposition targets PM Modi: Vishwaguru failed his country, fix accountability
Participating in the special discussion on Operation Sindoor in the Lok Sabha, she went on to say that it would have been better if the situation to send these delegations did not arise.
The statement from the DMK MP came a day after Nationalist Congress Party (SP) MP Supriya Sule praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying it was his 'badappan (generosity)' that he showed faith in Opposition leaders to lead the delegations that went to different countries after Operation Sindoor to highlight the country's fight against terrorism.
Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Pahalgam attack, Kanimozhi said the 'vishwaguru' failed the people of his own country. 'Why did these delegations have to go, why did the attacks have to happen… Some opportunities are not to be celebrated but to be mourned… They arise because peace has failed us and it stems from the deepest of pain,' she said.
'We had to go because you failed the people of India. The vishwaguru failed us… Today it has become a blame game. Even the Home Minister (Amit Shah), in his speech, only intended and concentrated on blaming the Opposition,' she said.
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav asked the government to fix responsibility for the 'intelligence failure' that led to the Pahalgam terror attack. He said the government can't get away after such incidents by merely admitting to a lapse. 'Under whose pressure was the ceasefire done,' asked Akhilesh.
He said India's foreign policy has 'collapsed' and called China a 'monster' that will 'take over our land and market'.
Akhilesh also raised questions on the timing of Operation Mahadev, in which three Pahalgam terrorists were killed, coinciding with the special debate in Parliament.
DMK's A Raja said it has become a habit of BJP to blame Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajeev Gandhi and the Congress for everything. He said a comparison is not always correct as any decision will be taken by then Prime Minister and leader in the context and circumstances prevailing over.
Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal said the closure of Attari border after every such incident affects small traders and transporters. 'You (government) said terror and talk will not go together… If we can play cricket with Pakistan, why can't Diljit Dosanjh's movie be released in India,' she asked.
TMC MP Sagarika Ghose criticised PM Modi and said 'politics and not sindoor flowed in his veins'. 'If sindoor would have flowed in the Prime Minister's veins, such an incident would not have happened,' she said.
AAP MP Sanjay Singh questioned PM Modi's visit to Bihar soon after returning from Saudi Arabia, where he was at the time of the attack. He said the PM's first priority should have been to visit Pahalgam but he instead went to Bihar for a political rally and also met some celebrities.
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