NEW DELHI: A day after a school teacher was killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a jibe at the Centre saying 15 security personnel and 18 civilians were killed in the last five months and Kashmiri Pandits have been protesting for the past 18 days, but the BJP is ‘busy’ celebrating eight years of the Modi government.
The Congress leader’s statement came after a Hindu school teacher, Rajni Bala, was fired at by terrorists in Kulgam district of Kashmir region on Tuesday.
“In Kashmir, 15 security personnel were martyred and 18 civilians were killed in the last 5 months. Yesterday also, a teacher was murdered. Kashmiri Pandits are on dharna for 18 days, but BJP is busy celebrating 8 years. Prime Minister, this is not a film, it is the reality of Kashmir today,” Gandhi tweeted in Hindi.
Earlier on Tuesday, Rajni sustained injuries when terrorists fired at her in the Gopalpora area of Kulgam where she was posted as a teacher, police said. She later died in hospital.
The incident took place days after Kashmiri TV actor Amreen Bhat was killed by unidentified terrorists in Budgam’s Chadoora area in Jammu and Kashmir on May 25, while her 10-year-old nephew was injured.
Earlier, Rahul Bhatt, an employee of the Tehsil office in Budgam district’s Chadoora, was shot dead by terrorists in Budgam on May 12 in a targeted killing. (ANI)