Congress' Charanjit Singh Channi sparks controversy with 'pre-poll stunt' remarks on Poonch terror attack

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday criticised Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi for calling the militant attack on an Indian Air Force convoy in Jammu and Kashmir a day earlier a “stunt” to make the ruling party win the Lok Sabha elections, The Hindu reported.

One Indian Air Force staffer was killed and four others were injured in the Union territory’s Poonch district on Saturday after militants fired at their vehicles.

On Sunday, while responding to a question on the attack, Channi claimed: “Whenever elections are near, such stunts are performed to make the BJP win.”