TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, who is known for making controversial remarks, on Monday launched an attack on 36 Union Cabinet ministers visiting Jammu and Kashmir, by calling them “cowards”.
Addressing a public gathering againt Citizenship Amendment Act in Malappuram, he said, “They are sending 36 Union ministers to Jammu and Kashmir. But, look at these cowards, 31 are going to Jammu and only five to Kashmir.”
He further questioned, “And who are they going to talk in Kashmir? To the former chief ministers? They can’t. They are all in jail. Farooq Abdullah is in jail. Omar Abdullah is in jail. Mehbooba (Mufti) is in jail. Whom are they going to talk to?”
About 36 Union ministers are scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir in a massive outreach by the central government. Referring to the majority of the ruling BJP in the Lower House, Aiyar said, “Immediately…these arrogant people, it just went to their heads. They said this is the golden opportunity. We are never going to get 303 seats again. Let us push through all the anti-Muslim legislation that we have in mind.”
