Rahul Gandhi questions design & execution of Chhattisgarh anti-naxal operation
New Delhi, April 5: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that the operation against naxals in Chhattisgarh, in which 22 security personnel were killed, was “incompetently” executed and “poorly designed”.
“Our jawans are not cannon fodder to be martyred at will,” Gandhi said on Twitter.
If there was no intelligence failure then a 1:1 death ratio means it was a poorly designed and incompetently executed operation.
Our Jawans are not cannon fodder to be martyred at will. pic.twitter.com/JDgVc03QvD
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 5, 2021
Out of the 22 fatalities in the Saturday naxal attack in the state, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) lost eight men, including seven CoBRA commandos, while one jawan is from the Bastariya battalion, eight from the DRG and five from the Special Task Force.
Citing a media report quoting CRPF Director General Kuldeep Singh as saying there was no intelligence failure in the operation and an equal number of ultras were killed, Gandhi said, “If there was no intelligence failure then a 1:1 death ratio means it was a poorly designed and incompetently executed operation.”
Director General Singh had acknowledged that his personnel were “surprised and ambushed” during the attack on Saturday that lasted several hours.
In an another tweet, Gandhi demanded body amour for every Indian soldier.
No Indian jawan should face an enemy without body armour in the 21st century.
It needs to be made available to every soldier.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 5, 2021
