[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]ISLAMABAD: The latest revelations by Satya Pal Malik, the so-called former governor of Indian-occupied Kashmir (IIOJK), have once again vindicated Pakistan’s stance on the February 2019 Pulwama attack, the foreign office (FO) said on Sunday.
“His disclosures demonstrate how the Indian leadership has habitually used the bogey of terrorism from Pakistan to advance its sham victimhood narrative and the Hindutva agenda, clearly for domestic political gains,” said the FO spokesperson.
The spokesperson went on to say that Islamabad hoped the international community would take note of the latest revelations and see through India’s propaganda campaign against Pakistan, which was motivated by selfish political considerations and based on lies and deception.
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“India must answer the questions raised in the latest revelations. It is time India be held accountable for the actions that imperilled regional peace in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack,” it was stressed.
Pakistan, the spokesperson said, for its part, would continue to counter India’s false narrative, and act firmly and responsibly in the face of different provocations.
In an interview with Karan Thapar for ‘The Wire’, Malik painted a damning picture of PM Modi and his closest advisors.
In an extraordinarily revealing interview with Karan Thapar, Satyapal Malik says that the CRPF had asked for aircrafts ahead of the Pulwama tragedy, and the request was denied by the Union govt.
Full interview here: https://t.co/47ENX7WzM2 pic.twitter.com/7vISmPFGtz
— The Wire (@thewire_in) April 14, 2023
“I can safely say the PM has no real problem with corruption,” he said.
Malik, who was governor during the February 2019 terrorist attack in Pulwama and the repeal of Article 370 in August of that year, said Modi was “ill-informed” and “ignorant” about Kashmir and told him not to speak about the Union home ministry’s lapses that led to the devastating terrorist attack on soldiers in Pulwama.
Malik revealed during the interview that the attack on the Central Reserve Police Force convoy in Pulwama was the result of “incompetence” on the part of the Indian system, specifically the CRPF and the home ministry.
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Rajnath Singh was the home minister at the time. Malik went into great detail about how the CRPF requested aircraft to transport its jawans but was denied by the Union Home Ministry.
He also mentioned how the route’s sanitation was ineffective. More importantly, he stated that he raised all of these flaws directly when Modi called him from outside Corbett Park shortly after the Pulwama attack.
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He claimed the prime minister instructed him to keep quiet and not tell anyone.
Separately, Malik said that NSA Ajit Doval also told him to keep quiet and not talk about it. Malik said he immediately realised that the intention was to put the blame on Pakistan and derive electoral benefit for the government and the BJP.
The interview with Satya Pal Malik gives a fair idea of what Malik was being asked to be silent about, but what is of great concern is who asked him to stay silent, writes @JagdeepChhokar. https://t.co/OMlu7nvLZZ
— The Wire (@thewire_in) April 16, 2023
Malik also claimed that there was a serious intelligence failure in the Pulwama incident because the car carrying 300 kilogrammes of RDX explosives had arrived from Pakistan but had been driving around the roads and villages of IIOJK for 10-15 days without being detected or knowing.
Malik also described how, as governor of IIOJK, he was approached by BJP-RSS leader Ram Madhav for approval of a hydroelectric scheme and a Reliance insurance scheme.
Madhav came to see him at seven a.m. to try to persuade him to change his mind. People told Malik at the time that he could get Rs300 crores for clearing both schemes.
Malik called Prime Minister Narendra Modi “ignorant” and “ill-informed” about Kashmir.
He stated that removing IIOJK’s statehood was a mistake that should be rectified right away.
Malik said of Modi, “The PM is not at all concerned about corruption.”
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He claimed that he was fired as governor of Goa in August 2020 and transferred to Meghalaya because he brought to the prime minister’s attention several instances of corruption that the government chose to ignore rather than address.
He claimed that those close to India’s prime minister were corrupt and frequently used the PMO’s name.
Malik stated that he had brought all of this to Modi’s attention, but that the Prime Minister did not appear to care.
That’s when he said, “I can only safely say that PM [Modi] has no qualms with corruption”.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
