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Trinamool holds Amit Shah responsible for "intelligence failure" in Pahalgam

Trinamool holds Amit Shah responsible for

Kolkata, Apr 23 (UNI) West Bengal's ruling Trinamoool Congress on Wednesday blamed the BJP-led government at the Centre and held Union Home Minister Amit Shah "directly responsible" for the "security lapse" related to the terrorist attack at the Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam of Jammu and Kashmir.
Trinamool's counter-offensive against the BJP in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror strike came after the saffron outfit's sharp criticism of the Mamata Banerjee-led regime for its alleged appeasement of Muslims following the deadly Waqf movement protest in Murshidabad that left three dead,
Posting a purported video of Amit Shah walking on a red carpet in the terror-hit region, Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP, Sagarika Ghose wrote, “The photo op culture of the Narendra Modi–Amit Shah governance model is glaringly exposed in Pahalgam Terror Attack. A RED CARPET at a time of tragedy only illustrates how totally insensitive and shamelessly disconnected the Modi-Shah regime is.

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