BJP MP Says Pahalgam Attack Widows Should Have Fought Back Terrorists, Draws Opposition Ire

Jangra said that the number of casualties would have been less had the tourists undergone Agniveer training. The BJP MP further added that the women, who lost their husbands in the terror attack, lacked the spirit of the warrior women.

BJP MP Ram Chander Jangra.

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Rajya Sabha MP Ram Chander Jangra sparked a major row on Saturday with his remarks that the tourists, who lost their lives in Pahalgam, should have put up a fight against the terrorists, and the women, who lost their husbands in the attack, should have acted like ‘veerangna’ (warrior women). Addressing a gathering in an event organised to mark the The BJP's Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana was addressing a gathering here in an event organised to mark the 300th birth anniversary of Ahilyabai Holkar.

Twenty-six people were killed in the terror attack in Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district on April 22.

Addressing the gathering, Jangra also said that the number of casualties would have been less had the tourists undergone Agniveer training. The BJP MP further added that the women, who lost their husbands in the terror attack, lacked the spirit of the warrior women.

'Wahan par jo hamari veerangnay behane thee, jinki maang ka sindoor chheen liya gaya, Veerangna ka bhaav nahin tha, josh nahin tha, jazba nahin tha, dil nahin tha, isliye haath jod ke goli ka shikaar ho gaye' (Women, who lost their husbands, did not have the spirit and vigour. Therefore, they became victims of the attack), Jangra said. 'Lekin haath jodne se koi chhodta nahin. Hamare aadmi vahan par haath jodkar maare gaye. (Terrorists do not leave one with requests. Our people died with folded hands), he added.

He also said that had the women, who lost their husbands in the attack, read Holkar's history, then nobody would have killed their husbands in this way in front of them.

'Agar yaatri training pass kiye hote, to teen ugarvaadi 26 logon ko nahin mar sakte the' (Had our tourists passed the training then three terrorists could not have killed 26 people), he said.

(With inputs from PTI.)