NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor came under fire from within the party as Udit Raj hit out at him for his reported remarks on the Pahalgam attack that there was some failure but no country can ever have a “foolproof, 100% intelligence”.
“When BJP govt itself admitted security lapse, then Tharoor ji how did you become their lawyer and giving (them) clean chit?” Congress member Raj asked on X. “According to you Congress should guarantee foolproof intelligence to BJP and nothing should be asked of BJP,” he said.
The former MP’s remarks came a day after Tharoor’s comments on the attack, in which he reportedly said there was some failure but no country can ever have a “foolproof, 100% intelligence”.
Asked about Raj’s remarks, Tharoor said everyone knows that he is not a BJP spokesperson and is, in fact, no one’s spokesperson. “I speak for myself,” he said as reported by news agency PTI.
“I believe the person who said this is a former BJP MP, so you can ask him, he is better qualified to understand who speaks for BJP,” Tharoor said. Raj was with BJP before switching to the Congress.
Raj said, “You are a Congressman and you should ask when will Modi ji teach Pakistan a lesson like Congress did in 1965 and 1971. BJP kept demanding foolproof intelligence from Congress so with whom are you standing.”
