RANCHI: A Jharkhand minister facing a backlash for getting his facts in a twist and demanding Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's resignation for the April 22 terror attack in J&K's Pahalgam claimed Friday that the remark was meant to be "purely sarcastic".
Higher and technical education minister Sudivya Kumar Sonu of JMM said he didn't intend to "politicise a tragedy", as accused by his critics, but to criticise the BJP-led Centre's response to security challenges. "So, why would a Congress CM of a state other than J&K "resign on moral grounds" for what he perceives as the Centre's failure? That's the irony! When those in govt are silent, I asked an unconnected person in power to resign as a token of protest...My statement was supposed to highlight the persistent silence of our country's top leadership in the face of security breaches," Sudivya said.
The "sarcasm" seemed to boomerang on Sudivya, with BJP and other opposition functionaries questioning the propriety of making "irresponsible and unfounded comments" at a time when all political parties were expected to support the Union govt in responding to the Pakistan-sponsored terror attack.
"Sudivya should stop bringing shame to our state...Rather than showing remorse for his goof-up, he has chosen to make additional questionable statements," BJP's state president and ex-CM Babulal Marandi said.
BJP MLA CP Singh said the JMM minister had been lately prone to making bizarre remarks. "While Sudivya was once known for his serious political approach, his recent statements suggest diminishing clarity, possibly influenced by his association with controversial figures. His confusion about basic facts, such as mistakenly referring to Mehbooba Mufti as J&K's CM, raises concern," he wrote on X.
Higher and technical education minister Sudivya Kumar Sonu of JMM said he didn't intend to "politicise a tragedy", as accused by his critics, but to criticise the BJP-led Centre's response to security challenges. "So, why would a Congress CM of a state other than J&K "resign on moral grounds" for what he perceives as the Centre's failure? That's the irony! When those in govt are silent, I asked an unconnected person in power to resign as a token of protest...My statement was supposed to highlight the persistent silence of our country's top leadership in the face of security breaches," Sudivya said.
The "sarcasm" seemed to boomerang on Sudivya, with BJP and other opposition functionaries questioning the propriety of making "irresponsible and unfounded comments" at a time when all political parties were expected to support the Union govt in responding to the Pakistan-sponsored terror attack.
"Sudivya should stop bringing shame to our state...Rather than showing remorse for his goof-up, he has chosen to make additional questionable statements," BJP's state president and ex-CM Babulal Marandi said.
BJP MLA CP Singh said the JMM minister had been lately prone to making bizarre remarks. "While Sudivya was once known for his serious political approach, his recent statements suggest diminishing clarity, possibly influenced by his association with controversial figures. His confusion about basic facts, such as mistakenly referring to Mehbooba Mufti as J&K's CM, raises concern," he wrote on X.
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