The Congress on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) of partaking in a photograph op with the grieving mom of a slain soldier who died in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir. The Congress mentioned that BJP leaders persevered in clicking pictures regardless of the mom’s pleas to chorus from such a “public display”.
In a video shared by opposition leaders on social media, the mom of Captain Shubham Gupta will be heard saying, “Ye pradarshani mat lagao” (do not do that public show), whereas Uttar Pradesh Minister Yogendra Upadhyay makes an attempt at hand over a cheque to her.
Sharing the video on X, Congress social gathering wrote “vultures”.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi referred to as it a “heartless” motion, saying “pradarshani mat’, the mother is pleading while inconsolable, yet the minister continues with his photo op. What shamelessness is this? We won’t even allow the martyr’s family to grieve in peace minus the cameras”.
Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha mentioned, “The B in BJP should stand for Besharm and P for Publicity”.
“Captain Shubham Gupta made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty during an encounter in the Rajouri sector. His mother is grieving and eagerly awaiting her son’s mortal remains. In the midst of her inconsolable sorrow, UP government’s BJP Minister Yogendra Upadhyay shamelessly persists on having a photograph taken for his PR – this, despite the mother’s plea to refrain from turning her grief into a spectacle. Shame,” he wrote on X.
Captain Shubham Gupta from Uttar Pradesh’s Agra was amongst 5 military personnel killed in a two-day encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajauri on Wednesday and Thursday.
Captain Gupta, son of a authorities lawyer, joined the Military in 2015 and received commissioned into the ninth battalion of the Military’s elite Parachute regiment, extra popularly generally known as the 9 Para SF (Particular Forces) in 2018.
Different military officers who died within the encounter are Captain MV Pranjal, Captain Shubham Gupta, Havildar Abdul Majid, Lance Naik Sanjay Bisht and Paratrooper Sachin Laur.
Two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists, together with a high commander, have been additionally killed by the safety officers.
