New Delhi: The Union government has maintained complete silence since explosive revelations were made by former governor and BJP leaders Satya Pal Malik in an interview with The Wire on Friday, April 14. The opposition parties, led by the Congress have continued to build sustained pressure on the subject which has been discussed heavily on social media.
The ruling BJP has not held any press conference or issued any formal statement about the serious revelations made by Malik, who was appointed as a Governor by the Modi government and completed his tenure in October 2022. So far, only BJP’s I-T department head Amit Malviya, on Saturday, tweeted an old remark of Malik.
Malik had told The Wire that PM Narendra Modi had no dislike for corruption and has taken no action against those alleged to be involved in corruption because they were close to him. The former J&K governor had also made serious claims about mistakes that led to the Pulwama suicide bombing of 2019, including instructions by Modi and NSA Ajit Doval for him to stay quiet on the mistakes. His revelations included many other topics, all pertinent to today’s politics.
The Congress party accused the Modi government of indulging in “headline manipulation” and diverting attention from former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik’s allegations against PM Narendra Modi. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh alleged on Twitter that the “Modi machine” has quickly either suppressed the “revelations” or diverted attention from them by generating other headlines and debates, an apparent reference to the narrative around the killing of former MP Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in UP police custody.
Congress’ media department head Pawan Khera also slammed the Modi government, saying questions do not vanish by “headline manipulation.” He said, “Questions only increase. Why clean chit to China? Why no JPC on Adani? Where did 20K crores come from in Adani’s shell companies? Why no answers on Pulwama?”