Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday, while addressing a press conference, criticised the Congress for putting false allegations at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in the wake of last week terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir Pulwama.
The Union Minister made a strong claim that Congress is trying to weaken the morale of the Indian Armed forces.
“When the whole country is one, when country after country is passing resolutions condemning Pulwama attack and standing firmly with India, at that critical moment, the true face of Congress party has appeared, seeking to weaken the morale of the country,” he said.
“The Congress should understand that the country trusts Modi courage, capability and leadership,” Prasad added, claiming that the country was “safe in his hands”.
He also said the Congress only knows to ask questions on surgical strikes and accuse people such as the Army chief of the country. “But it does not ask for any evidence when a man of a questionable character [alleged cyber expert Syed Shuja] in London, in the presence of Kapil Sibal, questions India election process,” he said. “What can we expect from them?”
Though several ministers attended the funerals of the soldiers killed last week, the government believed that development should not be stopped, Prasad said in response to allegations that no national mourning was declared, which would have stopped government events.
Forty CRPF personnel died in the attack, which was carried out by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed.