Much-delayed acceptance of responsibility for Pahalgam attack insult to victims:Cong on LG's remarks
New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI): The Congress on Monday said the "much-delayed" acceptance of responsibility by Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha for the Pahalgam terror attack is an insult to the innocent tourists who lost their lives and asked when he was resigning.
The Congress' head of media and publicity department, Pawan Khera, was reacting to Sinha's reported remarks in an interview to a leading daily that he takes full responsibility for the Pahalgam attack.
"The much delayed acceptance of responsibility by LG Manoj Sinha is an insult to all those innocent tourists who lost their lives in Pahalgam terror attack," Khera said in a post on X.
"He finally takes responsibility of ‘Pahalgam’ after 82 days of the attack. In doing so, who is he protecting in Delhi? How many days, weeks, months to also be held accountable and resign or get sacked?" Khera said in another post.
Responding to Khera's post, AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "Pretty obvious actually who he is protecting."
Khera said the LG has taken responsibility for the Pahalgam terror attack, but why has he said so now and to save whom?
"Who is the LG protecting? Where is the accountability?" he also asked.
"When will you resign?" he asked, alleging that the government had even failed to provide ambulances to the victims.
At least 26 tourists lost their lives in the terrorist attack at Baisaran near Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22.
The much delayed acceptance of responsibility by LG Manoj Sinha is an insult to all those innocent tourists who lost their lives in Pahalgam terror attack.
— Pawan Khera 🇮🇳 (@Pawankhera) July 14, 2025
Who is the LG protecting?
Where is the accountability?
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
