NEW DELHI: The Congress Saturday accused the BJP of presiding over an “unprecedented deterioration of security” in Jammu and claimed the Union Territory’s administration led by the lieutenant governor was showing “incompetence” in managing the situation. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh posed four questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his political rally in Jammu on Saturday. Why has the security situation in Jammu deteriorated, he asked. “The BJP, despite its claims to be the monopolist of nationalism, has presided over an unprecedented deterioration of security in Jammu,” Ramesh said in a post on X. The Congress leader said militancy in Jammu is making its presence felt after a gap of nearly 15 years. Around the start of 2024, the administration claimed that the number of active terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir had come down to double digits 31 with four active terrorists in the Jammu region, he said. “Now, in a startling about turn, the officials say there are around 50 to 60 terrorists, who have successfully intruded into the interiors of Jammu in April-May,” Ramesh said. The increase in terrorist activity has had terrible consequences, the Congress leader said. “In the past few months, we have seen a significant presence of militants in areas which had been declared militancy-free, and an increase in the number of fatalities of our security personnel and civilians,” he said. “Around the same time that the non-biological PM was being sworn in, a terrorist attack in Reasi took the lives of nine innocent pilgrims. The L-G administration has shown unprecedented incompetence in managing this security situation,” he said.
