'PM Modi Had Intel On Terror Attack': Kharge Questions Centre On Pahalgam, BJP Hits Back

Last Updated:May 06, 2025, 14:53 IST

Kharge claimed PM Modi canceled his Kashmir visit due to a terror threat but the Centre didn't inform security forces, criticising the government for intelligence failure.

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge | File Image/PTI

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled his Kashmir visit last month due to an intelligence report on a possible terror attack but the Centre did not inform the security forces about it.

Kharge said that the government admitted to intelligence failure at the all-security meeting on the Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 people lost their lives.

“There was a big terrorist attack in the country on April 22. 26 people were killed. The government acknowledged the intelligence failure and they said they would fix this. If you knew this, why did not act on it earlier? I got information that 3 days before the attack, an intelligence report was sent to PM Modi and therefore he cancelled his programme to visit Kashmir, I also read this in a newspaper. Then why you did not inform security, police and border force in J&K and provide security to people," Kharge said at a rally in Ranchi.

Reacting to Kharge’s remark, BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari asked why the Congress is peddling a narrative which is what Pakistan wants.

Amid high tensions with Pakistan, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered to conduct mock drills at 244 districts across the country, “effective civil defence on May 7".

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