Opposition should now apologise for Pulwama remarks: BJP

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today dismissed BJP demands for an apology from his party for questions posed to the government after the Pulwama terror attack in February last year. Mr Tharoor said he was "still trying to figure out what the Congress is supposed to apologise for...".

"I am still trying to figure out what the Congress is supposed to apologise for. For expecting the government to keep our soldiers safe? For rallying around the flag rather than politicising a national tragedy? For expressing condolences to the families of our martyrs?" he said.

On Friday Union Minister Prakash Javadekar referred to a sensational claim by a Pakistan minister - that his country was responsible for the Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF soldiers were killed after a suicide bomber rammed a car into a military convoy.