The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Thursday alleged that the tragic attack on tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, was due to a serious “intelligence failure.” The party further asserted that merely issuing threats to Pakistan will not help resolve the ongoing issues in the Union Territory.

In a sharply worded editorial in its mouthpiece 'Saamana', the Uddhav Thackeray-led party rued that the nullification of Article 370, which provided special status to the erstwhile state, has not ended violence in the Kashmir Valley, where Hindus are still being "targeted". The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrated a "political festival" after the contentious provision of the Constitution was revoked in 2019, but left Hindus in the lurch, alleged the opposition outfit, attacking its former ally. Since the August 5, 2019, measure, as many as 197 security personnel, 135 civilians and 700 terrorists have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir, the editorial claimed, reported news agency PTI.