Did Amit Shah Justify Security Actions in Pahalgam?

New Delhi, July 29 (NationPress) Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a scathing critique of the Opposition for demanding accountability regarding the security breach in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam. He informed the Lok Sabha that the security forces have retaliated for the April 22 terror attack by eliminating three terrorists during 'Operation Mahadev'.

During the debate on Operation Sindoor in the Lower House, Amit Shah expressed that as the Home Minister, he bears responsibility for incidents like the one in Pahalgam. However, he emphasized that his government maintains a zero tolerance policy against those who wage war on the nation.

“Forces ne thok diya,” Amit Shah declared to the House, praising the success of Operation Mahadev.

In a similar context, he pressed the Congress-led administrations to explain their dubious history of being lenient towards separatists, extremists, and sympathizers of terrorism.

He noted that while the Pahalgam attackers have faced justice, Congress should answer for its 'misdeeds' and its politically motivated approach in confronting terrorist elements.

Recalling the emotional responses of Salman Khurshid and the then Congress President Sonia Gandhi during the controversial Batla House encounter in 2008, he remarked that the previous government sided with ‘terror sympathisers’.

“Instead of supporting the martyred officer Mohan Sharma, they chose to express sorrow with an eye on a specific vote bank,” he stated.

Highlighting the Congress government's actions regarding the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA), he mentioned that the law, introduced by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee administration as a measure against terrorism, was repealed by the UPA government shortly after taking office in 2004.

“The result was a series of terror attacks,” he noted, listing incidents where numerous innocent civilians lost their lives due to terrorism.

“In December 2004, POTA was revoked. This led to attacks such as the targeting of the Ram Lalla tent in 2005, the 2006 Mumbai train bombings that killed 186 individuals, the 2006 Doda attack with 44 fatalities, and the 2008 Mumbai attacks that claimed 246 lives, along with 21 blasts in Ahmedabad that year resulting in 57 deaths,” he explained to the House.

Further criticizing Congress, Amit Shah stated that several notorious terrorists escaped the country during their tenure.

“Dawood Ibrahim fled in 1986, Tiger Memon in 1993, and Aness Ibrahim also escaped in 1993,” he noted.

He asserted that security forces have delivered a decisive response to the Pahalgam attackers, and now it's time for the Leader of Opposition and Congress to explain how hardcore terrorists managed to evade justice under their governance.

Amit Shah’s fierce denunciation of the Opposition came after they repeatedly accused him of failing to prevent the escape of Pahalgam attackers following the murder of 26 tourists, insisting that he should be held accountable for this.