Karnataka Congress’s publish exhibiting J&Ok in Pakistan stirs controversy
The Congress stirred up an issue when a map exhibiting Jammu and Kashmir as a part of Pakistan confirmed up in a social media publish of the Karnataka unit of celebration.
The publish elicited a pointy response from the opposition BJP and had the Congress on the backfoot and on harm management. Observe India-Pakistan stay updates
The publish on microblogging platform ‘X’, which has now been deleted by the ruling celebration within the state, was supposed to criticise Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his authorities for “failing” to cease the Worldwide Financial Fund(IMF) mortgage to Pakistan.
The IMF on Might 9 accepted the fast disbursement of about $1 billion to Pakistan below the continued Prolonged Fund Facility. The entire quantity went as much as $2.3 billion.
The mortgage was accepted whereas the battle between India and Pakistan was nonetheless happening, and the Indian Forces had been repelling assaults by means of drones and missiles from throughout the border. The battle started after India launched Operation Sindoor within the early hours of Might 7 to avenge the Pahalgam terror assault that killed 26 individuals on April 22.
Congress defends whereas the BJP assaults
The Karnataka Congress President and deputy chief minister, DK Shivakumar, stated all the things was eliminated when questioned concerning the publish
“It’s false. There was a small mistake; we now have eliminated all the things. Somebody has performed mischief,” he was quoted by PTI as saying.
Requested about repeated goof-ups on the celebration’s social media deal with, Shivakumar stated, “The individuals liable for the posts have been eliminated,” with out revealing extra.
Chief of the Opposition within the Legislative Meeting and BJP chief R Ashoka additionally reacted to the publish and stated that by tweeting a map exhibiting Kashmir as belonging to Pakistan, Karnataka Congress had as soon as once more demonstrated its affection for “sinful” Pakistan.
“General, there isn’t any doubt that the IT cell of the Karnataka Congress celebration is a sleeper cell for Pakistani terrorists,” he stated in a publish on ‘X’.
Ashoka additionally pointed to chief minister Siddaramaiah’s earlier “no want for warfare” feedback, made nicely earlier than Operation Sindhoor.
“The CM, who had advocated in favour of Pakistan, modified his stance after public outrage,” he stated. He additional famous {that a} Congress social media publish calling for peace, revealed simply hours after Operation Sindhoor, was additionally deleted amid public anger.
