Pulwama attack due to intelligence failure : Mamata

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday said the terror attack in J&K on a CRPF convoy at Pulwama which claimed 40 lives was due to "intelligence failure" and demanded that there be three-day nationwide mourning to show respect to the slain jawans.
She questioned why the Centre was not declaring national mourning for the CRPF jawans and said "Will mourning take place only when political leaders die?"
"I am sorry to see that the prime minister inaugurated one project today. After any serious incident takes place, we should avoid political programmes and government programmes. Why have they (Centre) not declared a three-day mourning?
Questioning the role of the national security adviser, she said "We have the right to know what had actually happened. What was the national security adviser doing ?
On the Centre calling for a parliamentary party meeting Saturday, Banerjee said, "I do not understand why they have called it instead of political parties ... Specially now when the Lok Sabha is over ... I doubt that they have got some feedback."
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First Published: Feb 15 2019 | 9:45 PM IST