New Delhi: Former Union minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the PM did not attend the Parliament program to pay tribute to those killed in the 2001 attack and instead went to Varanasi.
Chidambaram said, “The Prime Minister has so much respect for Parliament that he will not attend the homage to the martyred security personnel on December 13. He will leave everything and go to Varanasi. You will find him only in places like Varanasi and Ayodhya, in Parliament. No.” According to news agency ANI.
Ahead of the crucial assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, PM Modi visited his parliamentary constituency Varanasi. On his two-day historic visit, Modi inaugurated Phase 1 of the newly constructed Kashi Vishwanath Dham on Monday and attended a conference of chief ministers of BJP-ruled states on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought details on the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar that killed two policemen and injured 12 of his colleagues, his office tweeted on Monday.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) tweeted, “PM @narendramodi has sought information on the terror attack in J&K. He has also expressed condolences to the families of the security personnel who were martyred in the attack.”
On December 13, 2001, five heavily armed terrorists belonging to the terrorist organizations Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) went inside the Parliament complex in New Delhi and opened fire indiscriminately.
Around 14 people, including security personnel and a civilian, were killed in the attack. The terror attack took place about 40 minutes after Parliament was adjourned and around 100 members were present in the building.
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