Hollow rhetoric, directionless policies deteriorated situation in J-K: Cong

The Congress's Jammu and Kashmir unit Monday hit out at the Centre over the killing of soldiers by Pakistani intruders, saying "hollow rhetoric and directionless policies" of the Narendra Modi-led government has deteriorated situation in the state.

Three Army personnel were killed and another injured in a gunfight with Pakistani intruders along the Line of Control (LoC) in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district Sunday.

Two heavily-armed intruders, believed to be members of a Border Action Team (BAT), were also eliminated in the gunbattle.

Paying rich tributes to the fallen soldiers of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry regiment, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma said, "There is a lot of anger amongst the people, especially in the border belt over the hollow rhetoric and directionless policies of the Modi government towards Pakistan and Kashmir as the result the situation is deteriorating in the state."