Two days after a terror attack on a CRPF camp in Jammu and Kashmir left four security personnel dead, in a shocking statement a BJP MP has said that those in the army are bound to die. He later apologised for his insensitive comments.
Talking the media, parliamentarian Nepal Singh from Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur said: “Those who are in the army are bound to die, is there any army in the world where the soldiers don’t die?”
“Even in a brawl or a fight in a village, someone is bound to get hurt,” he added.
The shocking statement created uproar especially on the social media as many slammed the MP and asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to sack the leader forcing him to issue a quick clarification and an apology.
“I never meant to insult the army. I am very sad and I apologise for what I said,” he said.
Four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers and three local militants of Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday after guerrillas attacked a CRPF training centre triggering fierce fighting that lasted nearly 12 hours.
Heavily-armed militants stealthily entered the camp in Lathpora area about two hours after midnight, hurling grenades and resorting to indiscriminate gunfire.