Baisaran carnage has busted ‘fake all-is-well Kashmir narrative’, says Trinamool

Kolkata: Trinamool on Saturday launched a frontal attack on the Narendra Modi govt and especially Union home minister Amit Shah, accusing the central govt of "deliberately" leaving the Baisaran Valley in Pahalgam unguarded, leading to the terror attack on April 22. It also alleged that not guarding the meadows was part of a plan to "maintain a fake all-is-well Kashmir narrative".
TMC's Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose argued that since the Union home ministry oversees law and order in the region through the lieutenant governor's office, Shah had direct responsibility for the security lapses.

"Amit Shah cannot escape accountability. He cannot escape responsibility as home minister for the heinous terror attack," Ghose added, calling on the minister to "take responsibility" rather than "pass the buck".
Ghose took to Instagram to ask Shah some tough questions. "The home minister must answer five questions. Why was there this grave intelligence failure? Question two, how has he claimed that the situation in Kashmir is normal when so many innocent lives were massacred? Question three, will the home minister answer what was the coordination between the home ministry and local forces on the ground? Will Shah answer how he claims cross-border terrorism has been eliminated when this kind of attack has taken place? And five, will Amit Shah admit he was too busy politicking rather than taking care of the home ministry?" she asked.
Ghose claimed the govt tried to mislead the opposition at the all-party meeting. Ghose wrote on X: "The truth is, Baisaran meadow has always been open. No police permission has been needed since 2020 to keep this meadow open. This meadow is only closed in the snowbound months. The fact is Amit Shah is again attempting to pass the buck. He cannot escape responsibility as home minister for the heinous terror attack that took place in Pahalgam in which defenceless innocents lost their lives. Take accountability. It is your duty as home minister to do so."
Trinamool seniors pointed out that during the all-party meeting on April 24, the govt allegedly said local authorities did not inform security agencies before opening the Baisaran area for tourists, leading to a lack of security forces. "However, reports emerged contradicting those statements. Security establishment sources reportedly admitted that the Baisaran meadow has been open to tourists year-round since 2020 to maintain the narrative of normalcy in Kashmir," claimed a TMC release.
Taking to X, TMC posted: "No ‘lapse,' no ‘oversight.' The Modi govt deliberately left Baisaran meadow unguarded in a terror-prone zone to maintain its fake ‘all-is-well' Kashmir narrative. This is not misjudgement — it's wilful endangerment of lives for propaganda."