The same day, party general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, “the views expressed by Digvijaya Singh are his own and do not reflect the position of Congress. Surgical strikes were carried out before 2014 by the UPA government.
The vintage Congress dissonance returned to flabbergast the party on Monday as it sought to distance itself from its senior leader Digvijaya Singh’s remarks questioning the 2016 surgical strikes and the Pulwama attack in 2019.
Modi's biggest opponents today were engaged in managing the damage. There is a stampede in the anti-Modi camp. There is such an uproar that ask questions and they start snatching mikes. And this nervousness, this trouble, he himself has invited it.
The Congress is badly stuck after Digvijay Singh raised questions on the surgical strike. Earlier, Congress distanced itself from Digvijay's statement, then today Rahul Gandhi was also seen doing damage control. Rahul said that Digvijay Singh has a personal opinion on the army.
The Congress party had distanced itself from Singh's comments on Pulwama, including on the surgical strikes, terming his statement "personal".
Rahul Gandhi on Digvijaya Singh's remarks: Condemning Digvijaya Singh's remarks on the surgical strike, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday cleared that the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister's views were personal and the party doesn't comply with it.
Digvijaya Singh's controversial remarks on surgical strike: In a major development, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has now raised serious questions on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government over the 2019 Pulwama attack wherein 40 CRPF personnel were killed in a terrorist attack.
In his comments Digvijaya Singh said, "40 of our CRPF jawans were martyred in Pulwama. CRPF officials had requested PM Modi that personnel should be airlifted, but PM Modi didn't agree. How did such a lapse take place? Till date, no report on Pulwama was placed before Parliament."
It is worth mentioning that New Delhi, on September 2016, announced that it conducted surgical strikes against militant launch pads across the Line of Control in Pakistani-occupied Kashmir, and inflicted "significant casualties.
Like some other BJP-ruled states, the Madhya Pradesh government has been bulldozing the alleged illegal portions of the houses of people accused of various offences.
The EC, on December 29, said it developed a model of a remote electronic voting machine for domestic migrant voters to increase voter participation in the polling process.
Congress President Election: Talking to media on the sidelines of Bharat Jodo Yatra, he said that the Congress' greatest contribution to Indian politics has been consensus, and "when that is not made possible, we have an election".
Congress President polls: G23 leaders Anand Sharma and Manish Tewari have also backed him. Kharge is one of the most experienced persons in the party and is a Dalit leader too, Tewari said. Friday is the last day for filing nominations for the top party post.
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday concluded his Kerala leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which entered the state on September 10, and will resume the foot march from Tamil Nadu in the afternoon.
Congress president election: The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister is the latest entrant in the fray for the party chief's election, even as the fate of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot contesting the party chief's election is uncertain.
Congress president election: If reports are to be believed, the Madhya Pradesh leader is coming to Delhi tonight, leaving Bharat Jodo Yatra in the middle, to file his nomination for Congress president election.
Congress president election: The Congress on Thursday set the ball rolling for electing its chief by issuing a notification. Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot on Friday made it clear he will fight for the party's president post.
The other leaders who are already contesting are Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Shashi Tharoor.
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Party General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "Me and Digvijaya Singh will visit Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar and Odisha from September 16 onwards. Our effort would be to mobilise the state units to join the Bharat Jodo Yatra."
FIR against Singh was registered at a Bhopal police station on the basis of a complaint lodged by BJP district (Bhopal) president Sumit Pachauri on Apr 12.
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