Sunday, 26 November 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The Bharatiya Janata Party has accused the Congress of playing politics on hurdles being encountered in the operation to rescue 41 workers stuck in the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi. The BJP State president Mahendra Bhatt said that chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is boosting the morale of the rescuers at the site but the Congress is finding politics in it. Referring to the hindrance faced in the rescue operation on Saturday, Bhatt said that the rescuers had so far overcome various challenges to reach close to the stranded workers. “We have faith in the experts and disaster management team involved in the rescue efforts and believe that they will overcome the latest hurdle too and safely rescue all the workers,” he said. Responding to Congress’ statements on the CM setting up a temporary camp office at Matli near Silkyara, he said that Dhami is monitoring the rescue operation and has clearly directed that whichever resource or expert is needed should be brought to the site immediately. The CM thought of setting up a temporary camp considering the seriousness of the operation and to boost the morale of the families of the stranded workers. “This sensitive decision is being appreciated across the State and nation but the Congress is unable to digest this. This is the reason why the Congress, which seeks political opportunities in disaster, has been seeing politics in the CM’s efforts. These very people were earlier saying that the CM and ministers are busy in political tours instead of being at the site and now when the CM has set camp in the area, they are calling it politics. Instead of making statements on the basis of WhatsApp forwards and unconfirmed information from social media, the Congress should adopt a positive attitude as a responsible political party,” Bhatt said.
