Congress leader Pawan Khera on Sunday (August 10, 2025) accused the BJP-led Centre of not being able to curb terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and instead indulging in "jugglery of words".
Participating in a chain hunger strike called by the Pradesh Congress Committee to demand Jammu and Kashmir's statehood restoration, Mr. Khera was replying to a question on the ongoing anti-terror operation in Kulgam.
"In 2016, we were promised that terrorism would end after demonetisation. Do not go by their promises... they do not know how to run the government. They only know the jugglery of words," Mr. Khera told reporters in Srinagar.
"There will be a new drama every day to divert our and your attention. The reality is that the PM is neither able to run the government now, nor will he be able to in future," Mr. Khera told reporters in Srinagar.
At least two army personnel were killed while nine were injured in an encounter in the Akhal forest area of Kulgam, which entered its 10th day on Sunday (August 10, 2025) as security forces tried to squeeze the cordon around the terrorists. Two terrorists have also been killed in the operation launched on August 1.
