Mumbai, Apr 22 (PTI) Opposition NCP (SP) on Wednesday accused the Centre of failing to bring the perpetrators of the Pahalgam terror attack to justice in the last one year, and asked when will the government hang its mastermind.
Raising serious concerns over national security and the government's diplomatic priorities, NCP (SP) spokesperson Mahesh Tapase, in a statement, also sought to know the status of justice to the families of victims of Pahalgam attack.
Exactly a year ago, a brutal militant attack at Baisaran Valley in Pahalgam claimed the lives of 26 individuals, the majority of them tourists from across India. The shocking incident, considered among the most severe assaults on civilians in recent times, sparked widespread grief and anger throughout the country.
Tapase asked, "When will the mastermind of the Pahalgam attack Sajid Jutt be hanged?"
He further questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi failed to utilise his reported 40-minute recent telephonic conversation with US President Donald Trump to exert diplomatic pressure on Pakistan for the extradition of Jutt.
"Such high-level engagements can yield tangible outcomes in matters of national security. Mere conversations without results raise serious questions about India's global diplomatic effectiveness," Tapase stated.
Responding to BJP's agitation targeting opposition parties over the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, Tapase slammed the ruling party for its "selective outrage". He said the BJP has turned a blind eye to the ongoing atrocities against women in Manipur while attempting to politically weaponise the women's reservation issue.
"The BJP is shedding crocodile tears as they wanted to increase the seats in Parliament to 850 in the garb of women's reservation bill. The INDIA bloc sensed this and the BJP failed to execute its plan," the NCP (SP) spokesperson claimed.
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, implementing 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies from the 2029 parliamentary polls, failed to pass in the Lower House of Parliament on April 17. During the division of votes on the bill, 298 votes were cast in favour and 230 against.