Satyapal Malik, the former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
New Delhi: In a recent interview with Newsclick, Satyapal Malik, the former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, made explosive remarks against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Malik expressed concerns over PM Modi’s electoral tactics, claiming that the Prime Minister would stop at nothing to secure victory in the upcoming general elections in 2024.
During the interview, Malik alleged that PM Modi had a willingness to resort to extreme measures to ensure electoral success. He voiced his fear that the Prime Minister might even orchestrate the killing of a top BJP leader or cause damage to the revered Ram Mandir to gain an advantage in the elections. Malik cited the Pulwama Attack as an example, suggesting that someone capable of such an incident could go to any extent to achieve political objectives.
The remarks made by the former Governor have sparked controversy and raised questions about the political climate in the country. As a seasoned politician and an individual who has held significant positions in the past, Malik’s statements have garnered attention from both the public and political circles.
Malik, who was governor during the Pulwama terrorist attack of February 2019 and the scrapping of Article 370 in August that year, had earlier in an interview to The Wire had said the prime minister is “ill-informed” and “ignorant” about Kashmir and told him not to speak about the Union home ministry’s lapses which led to the devastating terrorist attack on soldiers in Pulwama in February 2019.
“CRPF people asked for aircrafts to ferry their people because such a big convoy never goes by road. They asked the Home Ministry, Rajnath ji. They refused to give. Had they asked me, I would’ve given them an aircraft, no matter how. They only needed five aircraft, which wasn’t given to them.
“I told it to the Prime Minister in the evening that this has happened due to our fault. Had we given the aircraft, this wouldn’t have happened. To which he told me that I should keep quiet now,” Malik had said in the explosive interview that had sent shockwaves across political circles in the country.
