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After Four army personnel succumbed to their injuries after an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday slammed the union government saying that there was no accountability and “almost 50 soldiers had lost their lives in the last 32 months.”

"There is no accountability. By now the heads should have rolled. The DGP should have been sacked. Almost 50 soldiers have lost their lives in the last 32 months... The current DGP is busy fixing things politically. His job is to break the PDP, harass people and journalists, and threaten people... Verification has been weaponised. They are finding ways to impose UAPA on maximum people... We don't need a fixer here, we need a DGP. We have had DGPs from other states before and they have worked very well. No one has worked on communal lines like things are being done now," she was quoted saying by news agency ANI.

The Congress on Tuesday hit out at the Centre after four army personnel, including a Major-rank officer, were killed in an encounter in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday night.

Congress MP and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi blamed the continuous loss of lives on BJP’s “wrong policies”, adding that the incidents were “sad and worrying”.“It is the demand of every patriotic Indian that the government should take full responsibility for the repeated security lapses and take strict action against the culprits who harm the country and the soldiers, “ wrote Rahul on X.

“These repeated terrorist attacks are revealing the poor condition of Jammu and Kashmir. Our soldiers and their families are bearing the brunt of BJP’s wrong policies,” he added.

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Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha pledged to seek justice for the soldiers who lost their lives in an encounter with terrorists in Doda district.

"We will avenge death of our soldiers & thwart the evil designs of terrorists and their associates. I call upon the people to unite in the fight against terrorism & provide us accurate information so that we can intensify anti-terror operations & neutralise the terror ecosystem". He also paid tributes to slain soldiers.

"I am deeply anguished to learn about the cowardly attack on our Army soldiers and JKP personnel in Doda district. Tributes to brave soldiers who made supreme sacrifice protecting our nation. My deepest condolences to members of the bereaved families," he added.

Commenting on Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin's decision to call an all-party meet on Tuesday to discuss the Cauvery water issue, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said, "Tamil Nadu have every right to meet as we meet. We don't object to their meeting. It is their duty. I don't want to comment on that. But at the same time, from yesterday, I am getting good inflow. More than 50,000 inflow in the Cauvery region. And whatever is there, we are allowing to go out of Harangi. I think more than 20,000 were going out of Harangi and other places."

"If God permits us all, our problems will be sorted out. But one thing I would like to appeal to Tamil Nadu. For your interest and our interest, more than our interest is your interest, you just permit us. Whatever storage we do, we will give you only that water. We can't take back that water. This is my simple, humble appeal on behalf of the people of Karnataka...We will cooperate in whatever way we can," he said.

The meeting comes after the Congress-led Karnataka government decided that they would release only 8,000 cusecs to Tamil Nadu per day till July 31 instead of 11,000 cusecs as asked by the Cauvery Water Management Authority

Four army personnel including a Major-rank officer succumbed to their injuries after an encounter on Monday night in Doda district’s Desa forests in Jammu and Kashmir.

Sources said that at least five soldiers sustained bullet injuries after they chased terrorists into the forests who fled after a brief encounter with them.

They were evacuated to the hospital but four of them later succumbed to injuries. (Read More)