Jammu, May 16 -- Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President Tariq Karra is yet again caught in the "midst of a storm" for keeping his hands covered while offering a condolence to a martyr.
According to the details available with Early Times, Kara recently visited the family of the martyr who lost his life during cross-border firing from Pakistan.
During the visit Karra allegedly shook hands with the bereaved family members while keeping his hands covered, an action some have interpreted as contradictory to core Congress principles of equality and uniformity among all Indians."The gesture was inconsistent with the party's long-standing opposition to untouchability-a practice famously opposed by Mahatma Gandhi during India's...