Tribune News Service

Mumbai, July 12

Taunting the Modi government over the recent terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims, the Shiv Sena has asked its ally to send “gau rakshaks” to fight militants in Kashmir.“We understand that none of the terrorists would have been be alive today, if they had cow meat in their bags instead of weapons…… our gau rakshaks should be sent to take on the militants in Kashmir,” Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said. He was addressing a delegation of Ganesh mandals in Mumbai last evening.The party’s mouthpiece Saamna expanded on the subject further this morning by stating that the government should not remain satisfied by condemning the terror attack on social media. “You need a 56-inch chest to fight terrorism…. it is not enough to make statements on Twitter…,” an editorial in the newspaper said.The Shiv Sena mouthpiece went on to say that the government machinery in Kashmir had collapsed completely. “There is no government in Jammu and Kashmir. Terrorists have been given a free hand there,” the newspaper said. It added that the Modi government should abolish the special status given to it under Article 370 of the Constitution “within a week to show that Jammu and Kashmir is an inseparable part of India”.

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Modi’s policies created space for terrorists in Kashmir: Rahul

New Delhi, July 12

Stepping up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused him of pursuing policies that created space for terrorists in Kashmir.He also said that the prime minister’s pursuit of short- term political gains from the BJP-PDP alliance in the state has cost the country dear and resulted in sacrifices of innocent Indians.“Modi’s policies have created space for terrorists in Kashmir. Grave strategic blow for India.“Short term political gain for Modi from PDP alliance has cost India massively,” he said in a series of tweets.Gandhi also tweeted, “Modi’s personal gain = India’s strategic loss + sacrifice of innocent Indian blood.”The Congress vice president had yesterday termed the attack on Amarnath pilgrims as a “grave and unacceptable security lapse” and asked the prime minister to accept responsibility.Read: Rahul’s comments immature; Nehru to be blamed for Kashmir situation: BJPHe had also said that India will never be intimidated by terrorists.Opposition parties had also asked the government to introspect on its failure to prevent the “cowardly and ghastly” terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims despite reports of advance intelligence inputs.“The government needs to introspect as to why, despite advanced intelligence inputs, was there a failure to prevent this attack?” a resolution passed by 18 opposition parties yesterday said.The BJP, however, asked Gandhi to “rise to the occasion” and not do politics over the Amarnath terror strike after he attacked the PM. — PTI