New Delhi: Congress MP Imran Masood and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Iltija Mufti have drawn strong criticism from the BJP after both commented on the viral video of Delhi blast accused Dr Umar Muhammad, in which he attempted to justify suicide attacks as a “martyrdom operation — as known in Islam”.

Masood countered the claim, saying suicide attacks are “haram” in Islam and argued that Umar carried out the Red Fort car blast only because he was a “misguided youth”.

Mufti said the video left her personally disturbed as a Kashmiri and forced reflection on the deepening cycle of violence, repression and alienation, warning that the visuals point to wider societal fractures that the nation continues to overlook. She said that even as “right-wing groups amplify” such videos, the und

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