Congress to raise Chi, Kashmir, mob lynching in Parliament

New Delhi, July 16: Ahead of Parliament’s monsoon session that begins on Monday, the Congress on Sunday said it would seek answers from the government over an ongoing border stand-off with Chi, the worsening situation in Kashmir and mob lynching incidents in the me of cow.

Ghulam bi Azad, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, said the situation on the border with Chi in the Sikkim sector is very tense even as he blamed Beijing for the boundary stand-off. “This situation has been created by Chi. It is a matter of country’s security and we will raise it in Parliament,” Azad told reporters after an all-party meeting convened by the government at Parliament Library building.

Prime Minister rendra Modi also attended the meet which was boycotted by the Trimool Congress. Azad said security situation was at its “worst” in Kashmir where the government has closed all the doors for talks to end the current logjam. “All the roads for talks have been closed by the government. Even ventilator is not open. There is political suffocation in Kashmir,” the Congress leader said. “We will also raise the issues related to mob lynching, agrarian crisis in view of farmer suicides.” (IANS)