J&K BJP Leader Shares Snow Video With Soldiers, Faces Opposition Jibes: 'Reel Game On Point'
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Ravinder Raina, a BJP's national executive member, uploaded a one-minute reel on May 4, showing him running in the snow with at least five armed security personnel following him.
Former Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina faced strong criticism from opposition leaders after posting a reel showing him running through snow with his security personnel.
Raina, a BJP's national executive member, uploaded a one-minute reel on May 4, showing him running in the snow with at least five armed security personnel following him.
While the BJP leader captioned the reel with 'Jai Hind," the timing of the post coming less than two weeks after the Pahalgam terror attack triggered backlash as the opposition leaders accused him of misusing the security forces.
Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi reacted to the post by saying that while security forces can guard the borders later, their primary duty appears to be protecting BJP leaders first.
'Reel game on point. If you have security such as this ek reel toh banti hai. Security forces can protect borders later, BJP waalon ko bachana bahut zaroori hai," she posted on X.
Senior Congress leader Supriya Shrinate accused the BJP leader of enjoying the snow and misusing security personnel while the entire nation is in mourning after the Pahalgam attack.
'Somebody has lost his young son, somebody his father, somebody her husband. And this person is in a frolicking mood? He is shooting reels? Misusing security personnel? Where do they get so much shamelessness? Is insensitivity the BJP's character?" she asked.
Congress's Kerala unit also shared the reel on X and said this was the treatment 'BJP leaders or even fake PMO officials get". 'But not a single police or military person was posted where over 2000 tourists visit. Not a single gunshot was fired back," it said.
Terrorists sprayed bullets on dozens of tourists in Pahalgam on April 22, killing at least 26, in the deadliest attack in the Valley since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.
The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow group of the Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), claimed responsibility for the terror attack, prompting India to downgrade its diplomatic ties with Pakistan on all fronts.
Earlier in the week, PM Modi vowed to deliver the 'toughest" punishment to terrorists and their backers. He assured the families of the victims that 'justice will be served."
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May 05, 2025, 16:14 IST
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