Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi told him not to speak about alleged lapses that led to the terror attack in 2019.
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday questioned whether the 2019 Pulwama attack had been staged by the Centre with the aim of winning the Lok Sabha elections, reported The Hindu.
Several leaders of the Opposition have raised concerns after former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik claimed on Friday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi told him not to speak about lapses that led to the terror attack in 2019.
On February 14, 2019, an explosive-laden car driven by a suicide bomber rammed into a bus carrying CRPF personnel, killing 40 of them in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Pakistani terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed had claimed responsibility for the attack.
On Friday, Malik told The Wire that the attack took place due to the incompetence and negligence of the Central Reserve Police Force and the Union home ministry, which was then headed by Rajnath Singh.
On Saturday, Raut alleged that in 2019, several Opposition leaders had raised suspicions on the attack taking place only a couple of months ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
