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India Today
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Abhishek Banerjee's 5 questions to Centre over accountability on Pahalgam attack
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee on Monday reiterated the questions he had first raised before the foreign secretary Vikram Misri at a meeting of the parliament standing committee on foreign affairs over the Pahalgam terror attack. Banerjee, who was part of the all-party delegation that travelled to various countries to present India's position on the fight against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, took to social media handle X and wrote, "It has been over 55 DAYS since the PAHALGAM terror attack. It is deeply concerning that in a democracy neither the mainstream media, members of the opposition, nor the judiciary have stepped forward to raise these five critical questions before the Government of India" advertisement"As a citizen committed to the nation's well-being and as a public representative entrusted with accountability, I raise these five questions before the Government of India," the TMC MP are the five questions raised by the three-time MP from West Bengal: 1. How did four terrorists manage to infiltrate the border and launch an attack that killed 26 innocent civilians? Where is the accountability for this massive breach in national security ?2. If this was an intelligence failure, why was the Intelligence Bureau Chief granted a ONE YEAR EXTENSION, that too barely a month after the attack? Why was he REWARDED RATHER THAN HELD ACCOUNTABLE ? WHAT IS THE COMPULSION ?If the GoI can conveniently use PEGASUS spyware against opposition leaders(including me), journalists and even judges, what stops it from using the same tools against terrorist networks and suspects?advertisement3. Where are the FOUR TERRORIST responsible for this brutal, religion-based massacre? ARE THEY DEAD OR ALIVE ? If they have been neutralized, why has the government failed to make a clear statement? And if they haven't, WHY IS THE SILENCE ?4. When will India reclaim Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK)? Why hasn't the government officially responded to the U.S. President's claim that he persuaded India into a ceasefire with promises of trade - Just as the nation stood together irrespective of their cast, creed religion and political affinity, celebrating the triumph of righteousness and saluting the valour and sacrifice of our armed forces? WHY WERE THE EMOTIONS OF 140 CRORE INDIANS DISREGARDED? What led to such a compromise?5. After reaching out to 33 COUNTRIES post-Pahalgam in the last one month, how many extended explicit support to India?"If we are truly a VISHWAGURU and the world's fourth-largest economy, why did the IMF and World Bank approve $1 BILLION and $40 BILLION in financial assistance and long-term investments to PAKISTAN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PAHALGAM ATTACK ? How did a nation repeatedly involved in cross-border terrorism not only escape global scrutiny but get rewarded?" Banerjee asked as to why was Pakistan appointed Vice-Chair of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee barely a month later? "Over 2000000000000 (TWO LAKH CRORES) has been spent on external affairs over the past 10 years. The Indian public deserves transparency, accountability and results - NOT SILENCE AND SPIN! THE NATION AWAITS A RESPONSE!" he wrote on Watch
Hans India
10 hours ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Five questions from Abhishek Banerjee to Centre on Pahalgam massacre
Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party's Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee, on Monday, posed five questions to the Centre on the ghastly terror attack at Pahalgam in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) in which Hindu tourists were selectively killed in April this year. In a statement which Banerjee posted on the wall of his official X handle, he also attacked the Opposition parties and the media for refraining from seeking the answers to these five questions from the Union government. 'It has been over 55 days since the Pahalgam terror attack. It is deeply concerning that in a democracy neither the mainstream media, members of the Opposition, nor the judiciary has stepped forward to raise these five critical questions before the Government of India. However, as a citizen committed to the nation's well-being and as a public representative entrusted with accountability, I raise these five questions before the Government of India,' the statement by Banerjee read. "The first question is how did the four terrorists manage to infiltrate the border and launch an attack that killed 26 innocent civilians and where was the accountability for this massive breach in national security in the matter?" he said. 'If this was an Intelligence failure, why was the Intelligence Bureau chief granted a one-year extension, that, too, barely a month after the attack? Why was he rewarded rather than being held accountable? What is the compulsion? If the Government of India can conveniently use PEGASUS spyware against Opposition leaders (including me), journalists, and even judges, what stops it from using the same tools against terrorist networks and suspects?' the second question read. The third question was about the current status of the four terrorists who were responsible for the Pahalgam massacre. 'Where are the four terrorists responsible for this brutal, religion-based massacre? Are they dead or alive? If they have been neutralised, why has the government failed to make a clear statement? And if they haven't, why is there silence?' the third question read. In his fourth question, Banerjee had sought a specific deadline from the Union government for the goal to make Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) an integral part of India. In the same question, Banerjee enquired why India did not officially respond to the U.S. President's claim that he persuaded India into a ceasefire with promises of trade. 'Just as the nation stood together irrespective of their cast, creed, religion, and political affinity, celebrating the triumph of righteousness and saluting the valour and sacrifice of our armed forces, why were the emotions of 140 crore Indians disregarded? What led to such a compromise?' the fourth question read. The fifth and final question was more elaborate dealing with global diplomacy in the matter. In this question, Banerjee demanded clarification on how many of the 33 countries that were approached after the Pahalgam massacre, extended explicit support to India. 'If we are truly a 'Vishwaguru' and the world's fourth-largest economy, why did the IMF and World Bank approve $1 billion and $40 billion in financial assistance and long-term investments to Pakistan immediately after the Pahalgam attack? How did a nation repeatedly involved in cross-border terrorism not only escape global scrutiny but get rewarded?' Banerjee questioned. At the same time, he questioned, how was Pakistan the vice-chair of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee barely a month after the Pahalgam massacre. 'Over ₹2000000000000 (two lakh crores) has been spent on external affairs over the past 10 years. The Indian public deserves transparency, accountability, and results, not silence and spin! The nation awaits a response!' Banerjee's final question read.
India Gazette
10 hours ago
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- India Gazette
Deeply concerning that no questions by media, judiciary and opposition raised on Pahalgam attack: TMC' Abhishek Banerjee
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Months after the Pahalgam terror attack that took the lives of 26 innocent people, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee on Monday stated that it was 'deeply concerning' that no questions had not been raised by the mainstream media, members of judiciary and opposition on the attack. In a post on social media X, TMC MP Banerjee raised five questions before the Central government related to the Pahalgam attack. 'It has been over 55 DAYS since the PAHALGAM terror attack. It is deeply concerning that in a democracy neither the mainstream media, members of the opposition, nor the judiciary has stepped forward to raise these five critical questions before the Government of India. However, as a citizen committed to the nation's well-being and as a public representative entrusted with accountability, I raise these five questions before the Government of India,' the post read. Banerjee, in his post, questioned the accountability for a massive breach in national security, intelligence failure, the government's action towards the accountable terrorists, the government's compromise on the ceasefire and the financial assistance provided to Pakistan. In his post, Banerjee raised questions on how the four terrorists involved in the Pahalgam attack managed to infiltrate the border and kill 26 innocent civilians. 'How did four terrorists manage to infiltrate the border and launch an attack that killed 26 innocent civilians? Where is the accountability for this massive breach in national security?' the post read. The TMC BJP questioned why the Government could not use spyware against terrorist networks and suspects. 'If the GoI can conveniently use PEGASUS spyware against opposition leaders(including me), journalists and even judges, what stops it from using the same tools against terrorist networks and suspects?' he wrote. Banerjee also questioned the government on why there had been no official response to US President Donald Trump's claims of persuading India to a ceasefire. 'Why hasn't the government officially responded to the U.S. President's claim that he persuaded India into a ceasefire with promises of trade - Just as the nation stood together irrespective of their cast, creed, religion and political affinity, celebrating the triumph of righteousness and saluting the valour and sacrifice of our armed forces? WHY WERE THE EMOTIONS OF 140 CRORE INDIANS DISREGARDED? What led to such a compromise?' he questioned. On April 22, terrorists attacked tourists at the Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam and killed 25 Indian nationals and one from Nepal, leaving several others injured. The Pahalgam attack is said to be one of the deadliest attacks in the valley since the 2019 Pulwama strike, in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed. (ANI)
