Terror attack reflects govt’s failure: Akhilesh

Lucknow, April 27: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday blamed “intelligence failure” for the Pahalgam terror attack and accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of prioritising “propaganda” over addressing critical issues.
He demanded Rs 10 crore financial assistance and a government job for the families of each of the victims of the terrorist attack.
“The big question is how did the terrorists reach our home.. This is a failure of the government. It was the result of intelligence failure.
“There were no proper security arrangements and forces could not reach there. Now people are also talking about Pulwama with Pahalgam,” he said at a press conference.
Raising the issue of unemployment, he alleged that the government was failing to provide adequate job opportunities which was depriving the marginalised sections the benefit of reservations.
“The Bharatiya Janata Party government is continuously working on propaganda. We also have to remember that our issues are still unemployment,” Yadav told reporters at the party headquarters after a meeting of the SP’s youth wing.
I don’t think terrorists asked religion: Karnataka Mininister
Karnataka Excise Minister R. B. Timmapur on Sunday stirred a controversy by saying that he does not think that the terrorists, who shot dead tourists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, would have asked the victims about their religion before killing them.
Speaking to reporters, the Minister claimed that he was of the view that the terrorists would not have asked tourists their religion while shooting them.
Arguing for his claim, the minister said, “A terrorist who is shooting, how can he ask religion or caste? He will just kill people and leave.”
“One has to think practically. The terrorists can’t stand there, question the religion of the victim and then shoot,” he said. (IANS)