‘Security suddenly withdrawn’: Bharat Jodo march suspended after breach of security, says Congress | India News

NEW DELHI: Allegations of security breach and crowd mismanagement by Jammu and Kashmir government, march Bharat Jodo do Rahul Gandhi stopped on friday near Qazigundalso known as the Gate of Kashmir.
Gandhi, after arriving at Qazigund, started walking towards Vessu in South Kashmir as planned but Conference the workers suddenly discovered that the outer fence, which was administered by the Jammu and Kashmir police, had disappeared, congressional leaders alleged.
Gandhi was scheduled to walk 11 kilometers on Friday but had to cancel after he walked only 500 meters, they said.
Secretary General of the National Assembly KC Venugopal tweeted that “the sudden withdrawal of security personnel from area D caused a serious security breach at Bharat Jodo Yatra in Banihal, Kashmir. Who ordered this?”.

“The responsible agencies must respond to this error and take appropriate steps to prevent such incidents in the future,” he added.
“For security reasons, we had to temporarily stop the yatra because of poor management of the crowd along the yatra route approved by the security apparatus,” a senior parliament leader said.
He said while people flocked in large numbers to show their love for Rahul Gandhi, there were concerns about the safety of the Congress leader because “people are getting too close to him. “
However, due to poor security management, Rahul’s security forces did not allow him to walk and he took a car to the night stop of the march in Khanabal, the leader of Parliament added.
AICC director Rajni Patil tweeted that J&K authorities were “unable to provide security to Bharat Jodo Yatra due to Shri Rahul Gandhi.

“The security lapse shows the unfairness and unpreparedness of the UT administration,” Patil said.
(With input from agencies)