Jharkhand minister’s embarrassing gaffe: ‘Himachal CM Sukhu should resign for Pahalgam attack’; later a botched coverup | India News
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Sudivya Kumar, Jharkhand's tourism minister and senior leader of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, left his party and alliance partner Congress embarrassed as he demanded the resignation of Himachal chief minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu for the Pahalgam terror attack. On Tuesday, 26 innocent civilians - mostly tourists- were killed brutally by Pakistan backed terrorists in Pahalgam."Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu should resign over the Pahalgam incident because he failed to save the lives of his people. It is an unfortunate incident and I feel Himachal chief minister should resign," the senior Jharkhand minister said on Thursday.Ironically, when Sudivya Kumar realised his gaffe and tried to clarify his remarks, he ended up making another gaffe as he took the name of PDP supremo Mehbooba Mufti, perhaps unaware of the fact that the chief minister of J&K is Omar […]