"Congress' approach to terror always been weak, soft": Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attacked the Congress party on Saturday claiming that the partys approach towards terror has always been weak and soft and that terror incidents were tolerated during the Congress tenure without a serious responseSitharaman said You saw it during the ten years of Congress rule how terror attacks were tolerated proper response was not given They believed in sending dossiers to Pakistan The attitude and approach of the Congress party towards terror has always been weak and softEarlier on May 2 Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted the previous UPA government accusing it of giving dossiers to terrorists while alleging a partnership between Congress and PakistanCalling it a coincidence the Prime Minister said that the Congress party is weakening in India adding that Pakistan leaders are offering dua prayers for the party to return to powerReferring to the UPA rule as shaasankaal reign and the current NDA rule as sevakaal service period PM Modi accused Congress of trying to divide the countryTelangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Friday asked questions from the government over the Pulwama terror attack in 2019The Chief Minister accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to reap political benefits from the Pulwama incident after Indian Air Force carried out air strikes at a terror camp in PakistanHe also raised questions over the air strikesThe terror attack on a CRPF convoy killed 40 personnelModiji attempted to extract political and electoral benefits from the airstrikes after the Pulwama incident I want to ask him What were you doing Why did you let it happen What did you do to boost the countrys internal security Why did you not take the help of the agencies at your disposal such as the IB and RampAW It was your failure Nobody knows for sure if the airstrike as was claimed took place If the responsibility of ensuring the countrys internal security was with us we wouldnt have left it in anyones hands Reddy wrote on XEarlier on May 4 Sitharaman accused the Congress Party of politicising the alleged obscene video case of the sitting MP and candidate from Hassan Lok Sabha constituency Prajwal RevannaWhile replying to a question about whether the row over Prajwal Revanna would affect the BJP in Karnataka during the Lok Sabha election and the ticket given to Brij Bhushan Sarans son in UP despite Brij Bhushan facing an inquiry over allegations of sexual harassment by women wrestlers Sitharam said that the BJP strongly stands against dynastic politicsThe Finance Minister further alleged that the case regarding the Revanna is with the state government which is governed by Congress which did not act on the case for an entire yearShe also said that the Karnataka government by targeting the BJP is now writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the case asking to issue lookout notices against Revanna and bring him backSpeaking about Brij Bhushan Sarans son Karan Singh getting a ticket from BJP from Kaiserganj the Finance Minister said that the allegations have not been proved against Brij BhushanThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever