Home Minister Amit Shah told Lok Sabha that security forces have avenged the Pahalgam terror attack by killing the masterminds in Operation Mahadev. Slamming the Opposition, Shah accused Congress of supporting terror sympathisers in the past and demanded answers for revoking POTA and allowing top terrorists to flee during their regime.
Amit Shah in Lok Sabha while adressing about Operation Sindoor
Amid the most anticipated address over Operation Sindoor on Tuesday, Home Minister Amit Shah came out all guns blazing on the Opposition over holding him accountable for the security lapse in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam. Amit Shah, while addressing the lower house of the Parliament, also stated that the security forces have taken revenge for the April 22 terror attack by gunning down three terrorists under the 'Operation Mahadev.'
Shah, who was speaking in the Parliament with sheer compassion, said that as the Home Minister, he himself is answerable for the Pahalgam-like terror attack. However, just after his statement, he further asserted that his government has maintained zero tolerance for those who wage war against the nation.
Soon after a few minutes, Amit Shah, while speaking on ‘Operation Mahadev,’ which came into the limelight on Monday, also said, “Forces ne thok diya,’ Amit Shah told the House, lauding Operation Mahadev.
While seeming to be very energetic, the Home Minister of India, in the same vein, also demanded answers from Congress-led governments on their tainted past of ‘being soft’ on the separatists, extremists, and terror sympathisers.
He further went on to state that the Pahalgam attackers have been punished, but Congress must answer for its 'misdeeds' and politically driven approach in bringing terror elements to book.
Recalling the incident of teary-eyed Salman Khurshid and the then Congress President Sonia Gandhi shedding tears over the infamous Batla House encounter in 2008, the Home Minister said that the UPA government at that time stood with ‘terror sympathisers’ and was not able to provide justice to the nation.
Amit Shah added, “Rather than rallying behind martyred cop Mohan Sharma, they were shedding tears with an eye on a certain vote bank,” as cited by IANS.
Digging out the Congress government’s stance on the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA), he said that the law brought by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government as a deterrent against terrorist acts was revoked by the UPA government soon after coming to power in 2004.
While pointing out a number of civil casualties that happened because of the terror activities, he said that "what followed was a string of terror attacks," as per the news agency IANS.
During his marathon address in the lower house, he further said that “In December 2004, POTA was revoked. Subsequently, in 2005, the Ram Lalla tent was targeted; in 2006, Mumbai train blasts happened, killing 186 people; in 2006, the Doda attack led to the deaths of 44 people; in 2008, Mumbai attacks happened, killing 246 people; in the same year, 21 blasts ripped through Ahmedabad, killing 57 people,” as per IANS.
Further tearing into Congress, Amit Shah said that many dreaded terrorists fled the country when it was in power.
Pointing out the failures of the opposition, he further said that “Dawood Ibrahim fled the country in 1986, Tiger Memon in 1993, and Aness Ibrahim escaped the country in 1993,” as cited by news agency IANS.
He said that the security forces have given a befitting reply to the Pahalgam attackers, and now it’s time that the Leader of the Opposition and Congress give answers on who allowed the hardcore terrorists to escape the law under their regime.
Home Minister Amit Shah’s blistering attack on the Opposition came on the back of its repeated charge that the Pahalgam attackers fled the country after killing 26 tourists, and the Home Minister must take the blame for this.
(With inputs from IANS)
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