Weak PDP-BJP alliance in J&K provided space for terrorism: Rahul
September 20, 2016  19:45
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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that the 'short-sighted alliance' of the Bharatiya Janata Party and People's Democratic Party in Jammu and Kashmir 'opened space for terrorism', which resulted in the Uri attack on Sunday.

"PM Modi ji's short sighted alliance with the PDP opened space for terrorism in Kashmir, our soldiers have died and I condemn that. I condemn what Pak has done. However the space for that has been created by politics that the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) has carried out in Kashmir," Rahul, who is on campaign trail in Uttar Pradesh, said.

"The NDA has no strategy in Kashmir, national security can't be handled like public meets. This is a serious matter. The Congress is ready to help in whatever way possible as far as our soldiers and the government of India is concerned," he said.

He said the Congress wants a 'long-term, concrete strategy, not this event-based activity', to tackle terrorism in Kashmir 'because this is extremely dangerous for the country'.
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