India, July 29 -- Congress member of Parliament (MP) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday hit back at Union home minister Amit Shah's remarks on Sonia Gandhi's reaction to the 2008 Batla House encounter, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of weaponising grief while evading accountability for its own security failures.

Addressing the treasury benches in the Lok Sabha, Vadra said, "My mother's tears were not for terrorists, they fell when my father was killed by them. Today, when I talk about the 26 people killed in Pahalgam, it's because I know the pain. This is not a golden crown, this is a crown of thorns."

Earlier, Shah had cited former Union minister Salman Khurshid's televised comments following the Batla House encounter and said...