'Shielding terror': BJP slams Mani Aiyar's partition remarks

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday strongly criticised senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar for his remarks linking the recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam to the “unresolved questions of Partition”. The BJP accused Aiyar and the Congress party of shielding terrorists and continuing their appeasement politics.

Reacting sharply, BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh said, “Pakistani terrorists have brutally murdered unarmed, innocent civilians. The funeral pyres of the victims have not even cooled, and yet Congress leaders continue to display their affection for Pakistan. This is the height of appeasement.” “Partition was a catastrophe in India’s history; two million people were killed and 20 million were displaced. The Congress is responsible for that tragedy. Mani Shankar Aiyar’s statement is like rubbing salt into the wounds of the Pahalgam attack victims,” Chugh added. Aiyar, speaking at an event in Delhi, had said, “Partition happened, and we are still paying the price.” He questioned whether the Pahalgam terror incident was a reflection of the lingering, unresolved issues born out of India’s division in 1947.