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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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
