PM calls Cong manifesto 'dhakosla patra'(sham manifesto); Shah, Nirmala slam AFSPA review move

The Congress manifesto drew fresh criticism from the BJP on Wednesday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging it is a 'dhakosla patra'(sham manifesto) full of lies and the party chief Amit Shah and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman saying the promise to review AFSPA would pose a threat to the country.

The pledge to scrap the British-era sedition law that is reviled by activists was also slammed with Shah asking the Congress who was it trying to protect.

Sitharaman alleged that various provisions in the opposition party's manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls are a threat to the country as it favours separatists and terrorists and will demoralise the armed forces.

Another BJP leader and former External Affairs Minister S M Krishna termed the Congress' promise to amend the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act(AFSPA) as "very dangerous."
"What are they doing? They should also explain....why terrorism is continuing? Why more forces are being killed? They should give the answer about five years," he told reporters in Hyderabad