Siddharth Kumar, the son of a Pulwama martyr has condemned Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s comments calling the Indian army Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal army.
In a video report by Barkha Dutt for HTN Tiranga TV, at Shamli in Uttar Pradesh, Kumar said communal tensions should not be exploited in political rallies, adding that Hindus and Muslims both reside peacefully in the same country. He questioned why people are being differentiated on the basis of their religion.
When asked about the U.P. CM’s ‘Modiji ki sena” remark, he said, “The Indian army is not Modi’s personal army, it serves the country.”
As Yogi Adityanath calls the Army “Modi’s Sena” & Hindu-Muslim politics erupt in PM’s speech, Siddharth Kumar, son of Pulwama Martyr reminds our politicians “Our Sena is India’s not any Neta’s & My Father’s Uniform did not know Hindu-Muslim”- From #OnTheRoad2019 in Shamli. Share pic.twitter.com/I1bqMKiB0U
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He added, “My father belonged to the CRPF, which is composed of Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christians— all living together in harmony. Muslims were also a part of the 40 personnel killed in Pulwama.”
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who was campaigning for Union Minister VK Singh in Ghaziabad earlier this week had said that, “Modiji ki sena gives the terrorist bullets and bombs.”