Can entire nation be blamed for handful of people: Sidhu

TIL Desk/National/Chandigarh/ Strongly condemning the ‘cowardly’ attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama by a Pakistan-based terror group in which 41 Central Reserve Police Force soldiers were killed, Punjab cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday asked whether an entire nation can be blamed for a handful of people.

Five CRPF personnel were also injured in Thursday’s attack, one of the deadliest in Jammu and Kashmir, when a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle carrying over 100 kg of explosives into their bus in Pulwama district. Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) has claimed responsibility for the attack that took place about 20 km from Srinagar.

Sidhu, who was among the invitees for the swearing-in ceremony of Imran Khan as Pakistan prime minister last year, however posed, “For a handful of people, can you blame the entire nation and can you blame an individual?”