Terming the incident "very shameful" and putting it down to the "full failure" of the state government, Congress spokesperson Shobha Oza reminded Modi of his Lok Sabha poll slogan that he will not allow the country's image to take a beating.
"Did the Prime Minister want to give this kind of respect to the jawans?" she asked while showing photographs related to the row. She also alleged that dogs were found touching the belongings of the slain personnel.
"(Congress wonders) whether the prime minister should not take the resignation of the Chhattisgarh chief minister, whose role has come under attack many times... The chief minister should resign for the shameful incident," she said.
Chhattisgarh government has ordered a magisterial probe into the recovery from a garbage dump at a hospital of the blood-stained uniforms and shoes of CRPF personnel who were killed in a Naxal attack in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.
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