New Delhi, June 10 -- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his statement that "peace has been established in Jammu-Kashmir and the Northeast."

Ramesh termed the "claims" made by the Union Home Minister as "absurd" and "baseless", saying that it was made to "divert attention" from the failures of the government.

In a social media post on X, the Congress MP wrote, "The claims made by the Union Home Minister yesterday about peace in Jammu and Kashmir and Manipur are absurd and baseless. These claims have actually been made to divert attention from his own colossal failures."

Highlighting the recent Pahalgam attack and past attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, Ramesh said, "The ter...