Overview

• Robert Vadra attributed the recent Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 civilians, to the central government's Hindutva rhetoric, stating that minorities feel 'weakened and troubled.'
• Vadra suggested that the terrorists' act of checking identities and killing Hindus was 'a message' to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about communal divides in the country.
• The Resistance Front, an offshoot of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba group, has claimed responsibility for the attack, which targeted tourists in Kashmir's Baisaran meadow.
• BJP leaders, including IT Cell head Amit Malviya, criticized Vadra's comments, accusing him of shifting blame from terrorists to India's policies and defending an act of terror.
• The attack has reignited debates over communal polarization, with Vadra likening it to the 2000 Chittisinghpura massacre, where 36 Sikhs were killed by militants.