New Delhi: Senior Congress leaders and former Home Minister P Chidambaram’s remark on Pahalgam attack, during an interview with a media outlet, has sparked a massive row. Notably, Chidambaram had allegedly said that the terrorists involved in the April 22 attack could be ‘homegrown’ and there was no evidence that they came from Pakistan.
Irked over the Congress leader’s comment, the BJP said the former gave a ‘clean chit’ to Pakistan by his remark once again. BJP’s IT cell head Amit Malviya said there should be no ambiguity on the issues of national security but Congress always ‘protects’ India’s enemies.
Malviya also posted a clip of Chidambaram’s interview, where he made the aforementioned remark, on his X account.
“P. Chidambaram, former UPA-era Home Minister and the original proponent of the infamous “Saffron Terror” theory, covers himself with glory yet again. ‘Have they (NIA) identified the terrorists or where they came from? For all we know, they could be homegrown terrorists. Why do you assume they came from Pakistan? There is no evidence of that.’ Once again, the Congress rushes to give a clean chit to Pakistan — this time after the Pahalgam terror attack. Why is it that every time our forces confront Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, Congress leaders sound more like Islamabad’s defence lawyers than India’s opposition? When it comes to national security, there should be no ambiguity. But with the Congress, there never is — they always bend over backwards to protect the enemy,” he posted.
