Poonch attack is BJP's 'pre-election stunt': Former Punjab CM Channi
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New Delhi: Congress leader and former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said on Sunday that Saturday's terror attack in J&K’s Poonch district was a "pre-election stunt" by the BJP.
Channi’s claim invited criticism from Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar who described the statement as an “insult to the nation”.
“Ghastly statement by CWC member Channi belittling the valour of our brave soldiers is no less a crime and an insult to the nation. Channi's shameful statement on the attack on our Air Force personnel in Poonch, calling their valour as a stunt shows the bankruptcy and frustration of Channi,” said Jakhar.
Corporal Vikky Pahade of the Indian Air Force was killed and four other soldiers injured in the terrorist attack on two IAF vehicles in the Bakrabal (Sanai) area of Surankote tehsil of Poonch.
"These are all stunts and not terrorist attacks. There is no truth in it. BJP is playing with the lives of people and bodies," Channi said while campaigning in Jalandhar from where he is in the fray for the parliamentary poll.
"These attacks are not really happening but just meant to benefit the Bharatiya Janata Party... Whenever elections take place, such stunts are played like it happened last time," he added while pointing towards the 2019 Pulwama attack in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were martyred.
The Poonch attack on Saturday came weeks ahead of polling in the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency that will take place on May 25.
IANS with inputs from The Times of India
