Karnal, May 26 -- Union energy minister Manohar Lal Khattar, terming BJP MP Ram Chander Jangra's remark that tourists should have put up a fight against terrorists in Pahalgam as inappropriate, on Sunday, said that it was the lawmaker's personal opinion and not of the party's.

"Though he has clarified that he meant to say that women should also become 'veerangana', but he kept it in the wrong context. Talking about the women who have lost their husbands (during Pahalgam attack) is inappropriate and wrong. Jangra has also expressed regret about what he said, and I believe the issue should end here," Khattar said.

Khattar was at the BJP's district office in Karnal, where he spoke to reporters on different issues and also chaired a meeting...