Mamata welcomes decision to allow paramilitary forces to travel by air in Kashmir
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday welcomed the move allowing paramilitary personnel deployed in Kashmir to take commercial flights to either join duty or go on leave but said it came when the current government had reached its "expiry date".
Without naming the BJP government, she accused it of ignoring intelligence inputs of the Home Ministry.
"It's better late than never. There was an intelligence input and the Home Ministry asked for permission for air lifting. That time they (Centre) did not allow... they did not care... If the doctor comes after the death then it will not help," Banerjee told reporters.
"When the expiry date is over and people have been killed and now you are taking decision," she claimed.
Banerjee accused the Centre of "total failure" in containing the mishap though there was an intelligence input and alleged it was "doing politics".
"They are a total failure. They are misusing the situation. When our jawans are getting killed, we are doing ...