If you're brave, file case against me: Digvijaya dares PM
What's the story
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh today challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to file a case against him over allegations from BJP leaders that he was an anti-national and a Pakistan supporter. In a series of tweets, Singh, who stirred controversy yesterday by referring to the Pulwama terror attack as an "accident", dared the PM and said, "If you're brave, file a case against me."
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Why calling attacks a 'durghatana' made me anti-national, asks Singh
In his tweets, Singh questioned why calling the attacks a "durghatana" prompted PM Modi and three Union ministers to term him anti-national. "The tweet over which you and your ministers called me a Pakistan supporter and an anti-national was posted from Delhi where police are under the Union government. If you are brave, file a case against me," he tweeted.
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'Tweets were posted from Delhi where police are under Center'
मेरे जिस ट्वीट पर आप व आपके मंत्री गण मुझे पाकिस्तान समर्थक मानते हैं देशद्रोही मानते हैं वह मैंने दिल्ली से किया था जहॉं की पुलिस केंद्र सरकार के अन्तर्गत आती है। अगर आप में साहस है तो मेरे ऊपर मुकदमा दायर करें।
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) March 6, 2019
Question
'Does Modiji hold anyone responsible for intelligence failure in Pulwama-attack?'
Singh said that PM Modi and his ministers leveled several allegations against him and even expressed their intentions of filing a sedition case. "What action has Modi taken over intelligence failure in the Pulwama terror attack? Does Modiji hold anyone responsible for this or not? Has he asked for a clarification from the NSA, IB or the RAW chief?" he asked.
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'Has he asked for a clarification from NSA, IB Chief?'
आज तक मोदी जी ने पुलवामा के आतंकी हमले में Intelligence Failure के बारे में क्या कार्यवाही की, कौन उसके लिए ज़िम्मेदार है देश को अवगत नहीं कराया। क्या इस विषय पर मोदी जी किसी को ज़िम्मेदार ठहराते हैं या नहीं? क्या NSA, IB Chief, और Raw Chief से आपने स्पष्टीकरण माँगा?
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) March 6, 2019
The start
Suicide bomber attack in Pulwama killed 14 CRPF jawans
Singh also re-tweeted a video that shows Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya describing the terrorist attack as a "big accident." "Would Modi ji and his ministers like to say something about Maurya ji?" he asked. Forty CRPF jawans were killed on February 14 after a Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a paramilitary bus in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir.
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'Would Modi ji like to say something about Maurya ji?'
पुलवामा आतंकी हमले को मैंने “दुर्घटना” कह दिया तो मोदी जी से ले कर ३ केंद्रीय मंत्री जी मुझे पाकिस्तान समर्थक बताने में जुट गये। उत्तर प्रदेश में भाजपा के उप मुख्य मंत्री जी केशव देव मौर्य जी का बयान कृपया सुनें। मोदी जी व उनके मंत्रीगण मौर्य जी के बारे में कुछ कहना चाहेंगे?
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) March 6, 2019