Chandigarh, May 26 -- Haryana Congress leaders, led by party general secretary and former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, on Sunday slammed the BJP over Rajya Sabha member Ram Chander Jangra's reported comments suggesting that widows of the Pahalgam terror attack victims should have shown courage instead of surrendering to terrorists.

Addressing a press conference during the Haryana Congress's "Jai Hind Sabha" in Chandigarh - part of a nationwide programme by the Indian National Congress - Pilot questioned the BJP leadership's silence on the issue. He demanded an apology from the BJP leadership over what he described as repeated inappropriate remarks by its leaders.

"Why is the BJP's top leadership silent? The party must a...