NEW DELHI: Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik's allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi have sparked a controversy. Satya Pal Malik alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi silenced him when he told him about the lapses in the Pulwama terror attack. Malik also that the Prime Minister was ignorant and ill-informed about Jammu and Kashmir. He made these allegations in an exclusive interview with The Wire.

With the interview becoming controversial, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi came out sharing the screenshot of The Wire's news article along with the caption 'Prime Minister doesn't hate corruption that much'.

“प्रधानमंत्री जी को corruption से कोई बहुत नफ़रत नहीं है।" pic.twitter.com/GzhsSGB2qP

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 14, 2023

"Rajnath Singh was the Home Minister at the time of the Pulwama terror attack. The CRPF had requested an aircraft to transport the jawans injured in the attack, However, the Union Home Ministry denied it. With that, I understood that an attempt was being made to blame Pakistan for the attack and thereby gain an electoral advantage for the BJP," Malik said.

Malik was the governor of Jammu and Kashmir when the Pulwama attack took place in February 2019. 40 jawans were martyred in the Pulwama attack. Malik also said there was grave intelligence failure in the Pulwama attack.

"A car carrying around 300 kg of RDX explosives had come from Pakistan. It travelled around the roads and villages of Jammu and Kashmir for nearly 15 days. However, the intelligence agencies were not able to detect this," he said.