PM Narendra Modi Skipped Food Post Pulwama Attack, Claims Report
The government sources today claimed that the PM did not eat anything after getting the news of the Pulwama Attack.
New Delhi, February 21: After the Congress slammed Prime minister Narendra Modi for allegedly continued shooting in Jim Corbett Park for a promotional video after the Pulwama attack, the government sources today claimed that the PM did not eat anything after getting the news. According to the India Today report, the government sources released PM Modi's schedule on February 14 when the Pulwama terror attack took place.
As per the schedule, PM Modi left Delhi at around 7 am, reached Dehradun and got stuck there for nearly four hours due to bad weather and reached Jim Corbett at around 11:15 am. PM Modi stayed there for almost three hours.PM Modi to Feature in Discovery Documentary Recalling His Days in Himalaya; Shooting Held in Jim Corbett National Park.
"PM Modi inaugurated a tiger safari, eco-tourism zone and rescue centre. He then took a motorboat ride from Kalagarh to visit Dhikala and took a round of the jungle. He was supposed to address a public rally at Rudrapur at 3 pm but cancelled it due to bad weather and also because of the Pulwama attack. After the Pulwama attack, the prime minister spoke with national security advisor, the home minister and the governor," reported India Today quoting sources as saying. The sources further old the media house, after reaching the Rampur guesthouse PM Modi again spoke to the NSA, the governor and the home minister about Pulwama Attack and did not eat anything.
Earlier in the day, the Congress fired a fresh salvo against the PM charging him of exhibiting an insensitive approach when the CRPF convoy in Jammu & Kashmir were targeted in a fatal terrorist attack. Modi, at the time, was "busy shooting" for a film in Uttarakhand's Jim Corbett park, the party said. Congress As per the Congress, PM Modi was shooting for a film up to 7 pm the day of the attack. The attack on CRPF convoy, carried out by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), ended up claiming the lives of 40 Indian security personnel.
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