Don't politicise armed forces, Shah should not give details of armed forces action: A K Antony to PM

Senior Congress leader and former defence minister A K Antony Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of sacrificing national interests and urged him to not politicise the armed forces.

He refused to be drawn into any controversy over his party colleague Digivijay Singh's remarks terming the Pulwama terrorist attack an "accident" and said the security forces were still fighting at the borders.

Singh sparked a controversy when he referred to the Pulwama attack on Twitter as a "durghatana" (accident). He, however, reviewed it to "terror attack" after being trolled on social media.

Antony also said that BJP president Amit Shah should not be the person giving out operational details of actions taken by the armed forces.

"Even now our soldiers died, that details only Army and CRPF can explain, not BJP spokesman or BJP president. It is very very unfortunate.

"Don't politicise the armed forces. Don't bring the military into politics. I request the BJP president, I request the prime ...