Cong leader Udit Raj questions Shashi Tharoor’s political allegiance over Pahalgam attack remarks
New Delhi: Congress leader Udit Raj on Sunday raised concerns over senior party MP Shashi Tharoor’s comments on the Pahalgam terror attack, questioning whether Tharoor was aligned with the Congress or the BJP.
Speaking to ANI, Raj said, "I want to ask Shashi Tharoor, is he in the Congress party or the BJP? Is he trying to become a super-BJP man? Shashi Tharoor should ask the BJP when the government is taking the PoK. Has Shashi Tharoor become the advocate of the BJP?"
The remarks came in response to Tharoor’s comparison of the April 22 Pahalgam attack to the October 7, 2023 Hamas assault on Israel, citing possible intelligence failure. Tharoor said, "Obviously, there was no foolproof intelligence. There was some failure... But we have got the example of Israel, the world's best intelligence services according to everybody, which were taken by surprise on October 7."
He added, "Just as Israel is waiting till the end of the war before demanding accountability, we too should see the present crisis through and then seek accountability. No country can ever have 100 percent foolproof intelligence."
Expressing dissatisfaction with Tharoor’s remarks, Raj further asked, "Which terrorist incident took place after 9/11 in America? Has the BJP appointed him as its spokesperson?" He emphasized the need for clarity on Tharoor’s stance regarding national security and global terrorism.
Defending his statement, Tharoor highlighted that successful prevention of terror attacks often remains unreported. "We will never know about the various terror attacks that were successfully thwarted. We only learn about the ones that we failed to thwart. There were failures, I agree, but that should not be our main focus right now," Tharoor said.
The April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam targeted tourists, killing 26 people, including a Nepalese national, near the popular Baisaran Meadow. It marks one of the deadliest attacks in the region since the 2019 Pulwama bombing, which killed 40 CRPF personnel.
#WATCH | Delhi: On Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's remarks, Congress leader Udit Raj says, "I want to ask Shashi Tharoor, is he in the Congress party or the BJP?...Is he trying to become a super-BJP man? Shashi Tharoor should ask the BJP when the government is taking the… https://t.co/H7uHc2nYY8 pic.twitter.com/f8vBYf8j19
— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2025
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Suhas Shetty murder: BJP leaders meet Karnataka Guv with plea for NIA probe
Bengaluru, May 9 (PTI): Karnataka BJP president B Y Vijayendra on Friday urged Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to recommend to the state government to order NIA probe into the recent murder of a Hindu activist in Mangaluru.
Vijayendra led a delegation of BJP leaders, which called on Gehlot at Raj Bhavan.
According to the state BJP chief, the party has been pressing for a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into Suhas Shetty's murder since the incident occurred last week.
Speaking to the reporters after meeting the Governor, he said, "Our hopes with the state government to order an impartial investigation into Suhas's murder have been dashed. Therefore, all our people's representatives and the family members of Suhas met the Governor."
Vijayendra also suspected the involvement of banned outfit, Popular Front of India in the murder plot and claimed that funding was received by the organisation for killing the Hindu activist.
He also mentioned that the opposition BJP has decided to conduct a 'Mangaluru Chalo' campaign to press for its demand.
As many as eight people have been arrested in connection with the murder of Suhas Shetty in Mangaluru.
"ಭಂಡ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಸರ್ಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಎಚ್ಚರಿಸಲು ಗೌರವಾನ್ವಿತ ರಾಜ್ಯಪಾಲರಿಗೆ ಮನವಿ"
— Vijayendra Yediyurappa (@BYVijayendra) May 9, 2025
ನಮ್ಮ ಪಕ್ಷದ ಶಾಸಕರುಗಳ ನಿಯೋಗದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಇಂದು ಗೌರವಾನ್ವಿತ ರಾಜ್ಯಪಾಲರನ್ನು ಭೇಟಿ ಮಾಡಿ ಮಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಹಿಂದೂ ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತ ಸುಹಾಸ್ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ ಅವರ ಹತ್ಯೆ ಪ್ರಕರಣದ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಲವು ಅನುಮಾನಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ದೇಶವಿರೋಧಿ ಶಕ್ತಿಗಳ ಕೈವಾಡ ಇರುವ ಶಂಖೆ ವ್ಯಕ್ತವಾಗಿದ್ದು,… pic.twitter.com/GuT5I4Q2pU
