NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not attending a meeting of political parties convened by the government after the Pulwama terror attack and instead addressing a rally in Maharashtra.
“Neither the Prime Minister nor the Defence Minister were present in the meeting after the Pulwama attack. We got to know that he (PM) was in Maharashtra and campaigning for his party’s candidates,” he said during a public meeting in Chakan in Pune district. “The Prime Minister said at a rally in Yavatmal (Maharashtra) not to worry about the country’s security which was in his hands.