Politics over dead bodies won't fetch votes: Hemant Soren slams BJP over Pulwama politicisation'

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) working president Hemant Soren has slammed the BJP for allegedly politicising the Pulwama terror attack, saying politics over dead bodies will not fetch votes.

The former Jharkhand chief minister, who was here to hold talks with grand alliance members for firming up the tie-up, said the government should do its job and allow the security forces to theirs.

The forces are competent at giving a befitting reply, he said.

What about the people who are dying because of hunger, farmers committing suicide, people are unemployed on a large scale. You (BJP-led government at the Centre) don't give answers to that. Doing politics over dead bodies will not fetch votes, he said during an interaction with a group of reporters here on Saturday.

He slammed the government for alleged politicisation of the Pulwama terror attack.

A suicide bombing in Pulwama on February 14, carried out by the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), had claimed the lives of 40 CRPF ...