Congress demands White Paper on Pulwama attack

The Congress demanded a White Paper on the Pulwama terror attack in the light of allegations made by former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik that Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans became easy targets as they were denied travel by aircraft and had to go by road from Jammu to Srinagar.

The Congress on April 18 demanded a White Paper on the Pulwama terror attack in the light of allegations made by former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik that Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans became easy targets as they were denied travel by aircraft and had to go by road from Jammu to Srinagar.

Addressing a joint press conference, All India Congress Committee’s Delhi in-charge Shaktisinh Gohil along with Col (retd.) Rohit Chaudhry and Wing Commander (retd.) Anuma Acharya — both are associated with the party — posed a series of questions to the Narendra Modi Government on the terror attack that killed 40 CRPF jawans in February 2019.

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They said the White Paper should provide answers to questions on “intelligence failures” and why troops were not airlifted.

Mr. Gohil said the party did not make any political statement in 2019 but is now raising the issue since the former Army chief General (retd.) Shankar Roychowdhury has also expressed concerns.

Col. Chaudhry and Wing Cdr. Acharya stated that the defence fraternity and the entire nation shared the concerns of Gen. Roychowdhury and Mr. Malik: Why were 2,500 CRPF soldiers not allowed to travel by air despite their request and why were intelligence inputs between January 2, 2019 and February 13, 2019 that warned of a terrorist attack ignored.

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