Ram Gopal Yadav claims ‘conspiracy’ in Pulwama attack, says 'CRPF jawans killed for votes'

Forty CRPF jawans were killed in a suicide attack carried on their convoy in Jammu and Kashmir on February 14, for which Pakistan based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed had claimed responsibility.

Ram Gopal Yadav. Photo: ANI

NEW DELHI: In a controversial statement, senior SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav on Thursday claimed "conspiracy" in the Pulwama attack, in which 40 CRPF troopers were killed, saying the jawans in Jammu and Kashmir were killed for the sake of votes. Yadav, who is also a member of the Rajya Sabha, claimed the paramilitary forces were unhappy with the Narendra Modi government and said if the united opposition comes to power after 2019 Lok Sabha elections a probe in this (Pulwama attack) will be ordered. "Paramilitary forces dukhi hain sarkar se, jawan maar diye gaye vote ke liye,checking nahi thi Jammu-Srinagar ke beech mein, jawano ko simple buses main bhej diya. (Paramilitary forces are unhappy with the government. Jawans were killed for the sake of votes. There was no checking between Jammu and Srinagar and they made to travel in simple buses)," ANI quoted Yadav as saying. "It was a conspiracy. When the government will change, a probe will be ordered," he said, adding that many "big" names will be caught after the investigation.

RG Yadav,SP: Paramilitary forces dukhi hain sarkar se, jawan maar diye gaye vote ke liye,checking nahi thi Jammu-Srinagar ke beech mein, jawano ko simple buses main bhej diya,ye sazish thi, abhi nahi kehna chahta, jab sarkar badlegi, iski jaanch hogi, tab bade-bade log phasenge. pic.twitter.com/nLPnNP5P2f

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Earlier in the month, senior Congress leader B K Hariprasad alleged there was a "match fixing" between prime minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan on the Pulwama terror attack. "There is a match fixing between Narendra Modi and Imran Khan, or else this Pulwama incident would not have taken place," Prasad had said. 40 CRPF personnel were killed after a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into their bus, which was part of a convoy of the paramilitary force going to Srinagar from Jammu, on February 14. Indian Air Force had carried out pre-emptive strikes on the training camps of terrorists inside the Pakistan soil after . The attack had escalated tension between Pakistan and India.