Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir in ‘AAP’s court’.
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha became emotional by Pakistani terrorists talking about the massacre of 26 innocent tourists in Pahalgam. In Rajat Sharma’s show ‘Aap Ki Adalat’, Sinha said in an emotional voice, ‘I could not sleep after 22 April. This was an attack on the soul of India. When the three killers were killed, then I felt peacefully.
On Rajat Sharma’s question as to why there was not a single policeman in Basaron Valley, where tourists were picnic among pizza shops, the Lieutenant Governor replied: ‘There was a private person to give zipline and other facilities to tourists in Basaron. The Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation did not give him any permission. He did not tell the administration and the police that he had started something like this. There was peace in the Kashmir Valley for 4 years, and many small tourist places had become.
On the statement of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah that the Lieutenant Governor’s failure to protect tourists brought the country to the brink of war, Manoj Sinha said: ‘If he has said so, I welcome it. But they should also say that for decades, Pakistan used to bring ‘strike calendar’ to the valley, due to which schools, colleges and markets were closed 132 days in a year. Stoning incidents were common and security personnel were martyred.
‘The killers had investigated whether tourists are Hindus or not’
Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut’s statement that it was not proved that the killers had investigated the tourists to be a Hindu, the Lieutenant Governor replied: ‘I was in the postmortem room with relatives of the victims. Relatives were shouting and saying that the killers had investigated whether tourists are Hindus or not. ‘
On the question of Akhilesh Yadav, why three terrorists were killed on the exact same day when the Home Minister had to answer the debate in Parliament, Sinha said: ‘They will not know. The operation started on April 22 and the instructions were not to allow the killers to run away from Kashmir at any cost. Those whose intentions are clear helps God, and they had to die on the same day. ‘
On Rahul Gandhi’s allegation that PM Modi ‘surrendered’ by allowing ceasefire, Sinha replied: ‘Let him think so. 10 years will go on more.
‘Temples demolished in Kashmir are now being rebuilt’
On the question of hasty ceasefire, the Lieutenant Governor said: ‘We think a lot in emotion. The decision to stop the place, time, method and action was left on the army. The objective was clear. The killers, their sponsors and their training camps were to end. The army achieved this goal easily. When Pakistan retaliated, our army and the Air Force destroyed their 11 airbase and showed that all the goals of Pakistan are in their reach.
On the allegation of Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan that the government is naming Hindus like Operation Sindoor and Operation Mahadev, Sinha said: ‘Perhaps he does not know that the Dachigam hill forest, where the terrorists were killed, is known as Mahadev Ridge. The word ‘sindoor’ was used because the killers snatched their honeymoon from our women and destroyed their vermilion. ‘
Manoj Sinha said that the demolished temples in Kashmir are now being rebuilt. ‘Under our Conservation Plan, we are rebuilding not only temples, but also gurudwaras, churches and mosques’.
Why did Mulayam stop Manoj Sinha in Parliament?
The Lieutenant Governor revealed how the late leader Mulayam Singh Yadav once stopped him in Parliament and asked him to join the Samajwadi Party and remain an MP. He said, ‘Mulayam ji held my hand in the lobby of Parliament and said to come to the Samajwadi Party and become an MP. I politely said, “I am MP or stay on foot, I will not go to your party.”
How was Yogi Adityanath became CM?
Manoj Sinha praised the governance of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and said, ‘After the elimination of mafia gangs in Uttar Pradesh, fear and terror has ended. The rule of law has been established.
Asked whether in 2017, when Yogi Adityanath was made the Chief Minister, his name was run for the post of Chief Minister, Manoj Sinha replied: ‘I saw this name on TV. No party leader told me that I would be given this responsibility. This party decides who to give responsibility.
Asked if he prayed at the post of Chief Minister at Sankatmochan temple in Varanasi, Manoj Sinha clarified: ‘This was a coincidence. I was returning to Ghazipur after the funeral of Bhanu Pratap Singh’s mother and went to visit the Sankatmochan temple while returning from Varanasi. When Rajat Sharma asked if you liked that Yogi ji became CM, Manoj Sinha said, ‘Naturally good.’
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