CM’s statements on terror attack are insensitive, irresponsible, and reek of political insecurity: Chowta

Dakshina Kannada Member of Parliament Captain Brijesh Chowta said on Sunday that it is unfortunate that at a time when the nation stands united in grief and resolve against the terror attack in Pahalgam, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has chosen to make statements that are “insensitive, irresponsible, and reek of political insecurity.”

Dakshina Kannada Member of Parliament Captain Brijesh Chowta said on Sunday that it is unfortunate that at a time when the nation stands united in grief and resolve against the terror attack in Pahalgam, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has chosen to make statements that are “insensitive, irresponsible, and reek of political insecurity.”

“Calling a terror attack a mere lapse of security is not the language that a responsible people’s representative, especially a Chief Minister, should be using. This not only belittles the magnitude of the incident but also undermines the sacrifices made by our security forces,” Capt. Chowta said in a release.

The MP said, “Adding to the insensitivity, Mr. Siddaramaiah has reignited the pain of Pulwama by equating the supreme sacrifice of our faujis with administrative lapses. Pulwama was not just a terror attack; it was a moment where our brave soldiers laid down their lives for Bharat. To casually term both incidents as mere intelligence failures insults their memory and wounds the sentiments of a grieving nation.”

Capt. Chowta, who is also Secretary of the State unit of BJP, said that at a time when the nation speaks with one voice against terror, Mr. Siddaramaiah stands isolated, “questioning our anger, undermining our pain, and downplaying the gravity of our national loss.”

The MP alleged that it is evident that the statements of Mr. Siddaramiah are an attempt to divert attention from the root cause that is the ‘jihadi mindset’ flourishing among radicalised youth. “It is a direct result of the Congress party’s decades-old politics of appeasement and divide-and-rule. From the horrors of partition till today, this mindset has only brought pain and division to Bharat,” Capt. Chowta alleged.

The Congress’s soft approach towards radicalisation has weakened India’s internal security and empowered anti-national forces, he alleged.

Spreading misinformation about the absence of security forces without verification or irresponsibly labelling a terror incident as an intelligence failure is not just careless, it is an attempt to demoralise the people of Karnataka and India, the MP said.