NSC: The Political Fallout of Pulwama Terror Attack| Episode 39

21/02/2019 27 min Episodio 39

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Episode Synopsis

Happymon Jacob speaks with Mr Manish Tewari (Former Union Minister) about the political aftermath of the Pulwama terrorist attack. Mr Tewari comments on the response of the BJP led NDA government to the attacks and refutes charges of playing politics over the attack, levied on the Congress party. Mr Tewari argues that raising questions after any such attack is the constitutional role of the opposition and this should not be presented as being ‘anti-national’. Further, he responds to Pakistan’s requests for enough evidence to act against Jaish-E-Mohammed and comments on the political reasons of how such an attack took place.

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