PM Modi got Intelligence inputs, cancelled visit 3 days before attack: Mallikarjun Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled his Kashmir visit last month after "receiving an Intelligence report three days before" the Pahalgam terror attack.

"I got information that three days before the (Pahalgam) attack, an Intelligence report was sent to Modi Ji, and that is why Modi Ji cancelled his visit to Kashmir... When an Intelligence report says that it is not proper to visit there for your security, why did you not inform your security, Intelligence, local police and border force to protect people? When you got the information, you cancelled your programme but did not send more forces to protect tourists there...," Kharge alleged while addressing a Congress rally in Ranchi.

He also claimed that the Centre "accepted intelligence failure" during the all-party meeting, convened after the Pahalgam attack, and demanded to know why the ruling establishment shouldn't be held accountable for "not reinforcing" security arrangements in Kashmir to protect people.


"During the all-party meeting, you admitted that there was an intelligence flaw. Shouldn't the Centre be accountable for the loss of lives in the Pahalgam attack when it accepted the intelligence failure," he asked.

He said the Congress is fully standing behind the Centre for "any action against Pakistan" as "the country is supreme and beyond party, religion and caste". The Congress Working Committee resolution on Pahalgam last week asked the government to take quick and decisive action to teach Pakistan a lesson for exporting terror.