A statement by Sushil Kumar Shinde, who was the Home Minister in the Congress-led UPA government, has created a ruckus. He has said that he was the Home Minister in the UPA government, but during that period he too was afraid of going to Jammu and Kashmir. Sushil Kumar Shinde said, ‘I went to give a speech at Lal Chowk in Srinagar while I was the Home Minister, but I was scared deep inside. I got a lot of publicity from my speech at Lal Chowk, but I was scared deep inside.’ He said this at the launch of his book ‘5 Decades in Politics’.
Digvijay Singh and Mallikarjun Kharge were also present on the stage on this occasion. BJP has started attacking Congress over this statement of Sushil Kumar Shinde. BJP says that Sushil Kumar Shinde has exposed the whole truth about the situation in Kashmir during Congress rule. Congress should pay attention to this.