'Poonch attack BJP's pre-poll stunt': Big charge by Congress's Charanjit Channi

Accusing the BJP of orchestrating such incidents to sway elections, he alleged that such attacks are premeditated and executed to bolster the BJP's electoral prospects.

Congress leader and former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday stoked a controversy after he said that the recent terror attack on an Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy which took place in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district was a pre-election stunt by the BJP.

"These are all stunts and not terrorist attacks. These are nothing but BJP's pre-poll stunt. There is no truth in it. BJP is playing with people's lives and bodies," the former Chief Minister said.

Accusing the BJP of orchestrating such incidents to sway elections, he alleged that such attacks are premeditated and executed to bolster the BJP's electoral prospects.

"Whenever elections come, such stunts are played. Similar attacks happened during the last general elections," he said.