Assam Congress Prez Bhupen Borah says CBI should probe PM Modi over the 2019 Pulwama attack case

Guwahati: Assam Pradesh Congress Committee President Bhupen Borah stated on April 24 that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should look into the 2019 Pulwama incident and take former governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik’s accusations against the government seriously.

The comments were made by Bhupen Borah on April 24 while speaking to a press conference.

He stated, “After Satyapal Malik brought serious allegations against PM Modi led BJP government over Pulwama attack, if according to the CRPF necessary safety measures would have been provided by the government to the soldiers then the nation wouldn’t have lost lives of 40 soldiers. When Satyapal Malik called PM Modi, then Modi immediately said ‘tum chup raho’. And why we got to here ‘tum chup raho’ that was cleared during the Lok Sabha elections when Modi said that the nation’s first-time voters should dedicate their votes in the name of the 40 martyrs of Pulwama as Shraddhanjali”.

Speaking further regarding the accusations made by Satya Pal Malik and pushing the CBI to interrogate PM Modi over the assaults in Pulwama, Bhupen Borah noted that the former governor had previously claimed that it was an intelligence failure. “Reports surfaced stating that a vehicle was moving in and around the high security zone of Pulwama for many days but the vehicle passed through security checks without falling in the eyes of the security forces”, added Borah.

Slamming Modi for allegedly wasting public money on political advertisements, Borah further added, “Like PM Modi has uttered before that he will not tolerate wastage of public money then how come he wasted Rs 6451 crore in the past 8 years in the name of advertisement? We have seen PM Modi begging for votes for the martyrs while he himself wasted public money on advertisements. We urge CBI to question PM Modi”.

The state Congress president has asked the CBI to look into the matter and has demanded an explanation from the federal government on Satya Pal Malik’s accusations.