New Delhi: The Congress on Friday justified its senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s remarks drawing a comparison between the Uri terror attack casualties and the deaths after demonetisation which has triggered a row, and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was communalising the issue. What Azad said that 20 of our soldiers laid down their lives in the Uri attack, they laid down their lives defending the country and we are proud of them. “But one autocratic decision of a dictatorial prime minister has killed 55 innocent people. Surjewala said the country is proud of its soldiers who defend and laid down their lives for the country. “In the Uri attack, 19 of our soldiers were martyred, but may more people have died after demonetisation.

Source: Mint November 18, 2016 17:07 UTC