Narendra Modi prefers election campaigning over All Party meeting.

The West Bengal Trinamool Congress lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday for prioritising election campaigning in Bihar over attending an all party meeting and key national security discussions following the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam that claimed 26 lives. The party was referring to the all-party meeting held on Thursday at the Parliament House complex in New Delhi, convened in response to the Pahalgam terror attack where all political parties expressed support for the actions taken by the Cabinet Committee on Security against Pakistan.

The said meeting was chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and attended by Home Minister Amit Shah, External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and BJP President J.P. Nadda and major leaders of all the political parties. However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was notably absent due to his ongoing election campaign in Bihar. Tearing into Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his absence, Trinamool Congress MP from Krishnanagar in Nadia district in West Bengal Mahua Moitra wrote on her X handle, “How does PM Narendra Modi have gall to skip All Party meeting on Pahalgam & instead go electioneering in Bihar? To tell us how only voting BJP4India can protect our borders? Shameless”.

TMC, Rajya Sabha MP, Saket Gokhale wrote, “Just days ago, 26 innocent Indians were murdered by terrorists. And all political parties came together last evening to support the Union Government in responding to the attack. The LoPs from BOTH Houses of Parliament were present. But Modi didn’t feel that 26 Indian lives are important. Because, for the shameless man Modi, every death (in uniform or of a civilian) is merely an opportunity to ask for votes & to campaign for elections.”

State education minister Bratya Basu sharing visuals of the family members of the victims demanding justice wrote on his social media handle, “Don’t ask us for votes if you can’t protect us” – That’s what grieving families are telling BJP leaders. No propaganda can silence the fury of those who lost loved ones due to the Modi Govt.’s indifference and apathy”.

Former journalist and TMC’s Rajya Sabha MP who has been critical of BJP for the terror attack in Pahalgam wrote on her X handle, “When the country is numbed & grieving over a major terror attack in Pahalgam, when opposition parties have given their full support to the Government of India for the actions it wishes to take, for Narendra Modi to stay away from the All Party Meeting and instead attend a campaign rally in Bihar within 48 hours of Pahalgam is strange. In an hour of grave crisis, surely the Prime Minister must be the one taking the opposition into confidence”.

Team Maverick