New Delhi, Jul 16: The Congress on Tuesday attacked the Centre after four soldiers were killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda, with Rahul Gandhi asserting that the government should take full responsibility for the repeated security lapses and take strict action against the culprits.
Four Army personnel, including an officer, died after being injured in a gunfight with heavily armed terrorists in Doda district, officials said on Tuesday.
The latest incident comes a week after a terrorist ambush on an Army patrol in the remote Machedi forest belt in Kathua district claimed the lives of five soldiers and injured as many.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also said such horrific incidents one after the other are extremely sad and worrying, and that Army soldiers and their families are bearing the brunt of “BJP’s wrong policies”.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said he was deeply distressed by the martyrdom of the four brave soldiers, including an officer.
“Our heart goes out to the families of our bravehearts, who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of Bharat Mata. Our thoughts and prayers are with the injured, and we wish him a speedy and complete recovery,” he said.
No words of strong and unequivocal condemnation will suffice for these acts of violence being perpetrated by cowardly terrorists, he said.
“We cannot endanger our national security by indulging in false bravado, fake narratives and high-decibel whitewashing. As a nation, we have to collectively fight the scourge of cross-border terrorism,” Kharge said.
“The Indian National Congress stands strongly with our valiant Armed Forces,” Kharge said.
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said in his post on X – “These continuous terrorist attacks are reflecting the deteriorated condition of Jammu and Kashmir. Our soldiers and their families are bearing the brunt of BJP’s wrong policies.”
“It is the demand of every patriotic Indian that the government should take full responsibility for the repeated security lapses and take strict action against the culprits of the country and the soldiers,” he said.
“In this hour of grief, the entire country stands united against terrorism,” Rahul Gandhi said.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said there have been 11 terror attacks in the last 78 days in Jammu alone.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Vadra said the news of martyrdom of four soldiers, including an Army officer, in an encounter with terrorists in Doda is extremely saddening.
“My deepest condolences to the bereaved families. We will all remain forever indebted to the brave soldiers and their families who made the supreme sacrifice,” she said.
In another post, Priyanka Gandhi said the entire country is saddened by the martyrdom of the four soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir and stands united against terrorism.
