Ex-Punjab CM Channi calls attack on IAF's convoy 'stunt', links it LS polls
Chandigarh, May 5: Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday called the Poonch terror attack in which an IAF soldier was killed and four were injured, a “stunt” meant to make the BJP win the Lok Sabha elections.
The remark by the former Punjab Chief Minister and Congress candidate Jalandhar parliamentary constituency triggered a row with the BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa calling his statement appalling and disrespectful towards soldiers.
Replying to a question on the attack on the Indian Air Force's convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch, Channi said, “‘Yeh stuntbaazi ho rahi hai, hamle nahi ho rahe' (These are all stunts, not attacks)."
“Whenever elections are near, such stunts are performed to make the BJP win. There is no truth in it," he said while replying to the question in Jalandhar.
Channi is the Congress candidate from the Jalandhar reserve parliamentary constituency.
"The BJP knows how to play with people's lives and bodies," he further said.
One soldier was killed and four were injured as terrorists ambushed an Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy in Poonch district on Saturday, three weeks ahead of polling in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency.
BJP leader Sirsa said, "I condemn Charanjit Singh Channi's statement of calling the martyrdom of an IAF personnel in Kashmir, "stuntbaazi".”
“Congress is saying that he was martyred because of elections. This mentality is not just appalling but disrespectful to those who serve our nation,” he said.
“Pakistan and Rahul Gandhi continue to support each other while Congress is belittling the sacrifice of our Jawans,” Sirsa said in a post on X.
I condemn Charanjit Singh Channi’s statement of calling the martyrdom of an Indian Air Force personnel in Kashmir, “Stuntbaazi”
— Manjinder Singh Sirsa (मोदी का परिवार) (@mssirsa) May 5, 2024
Congress is saying that he was martyred because of elections. This mentality is not just appalling but disrespectful to those who serve our nation.… pic.twitter.com/PeUJx5RSYS
Shameful
— PallaviCT (Modi Ka Parivar) (@pallavict) May 5, 2024
But not at all Shocking
Former Congress Punjab CM Channi calls the Poonch terror attacks in J&K as STUNTBAAZ
Is he MOCKING the sacrifice of our jawans?😢
Or taking side of Congress B team that’s rooting for their Shehzada to become PM of India?
Recall how as… pic.twitter.com/LSYKblkYlO
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Horse injured, vehicles damaged as billboard collapses in Pune due to strong winds
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Pune (PTI): A horse was injured and a few vehicles were damaged after a hoarding collapsed due to strong winds in Maharashtra’s Pune city, police said.
The billboard crashed to the ground between 5 pm and 6 pm on Saturday outside a wedding hall near Kavdi Pat toll booth on the Pune-Solapur Highway, an official said.
The incident comes days after a giant illegal billboard in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar area collapsed on a petrol pump due to gusty winds and unseasonal rains, killing 16 persons and injuring 75.
Citing preliminary information about the incident in Pune, the police on Saturday said the hoarding collapsed due to strong winds and it fell on a horse, and a few vehicles, including one brought by a band party, outside the Gulmohar Lawns wedding hall.
The injured horse was rescued and taken for treatment, the official said.
