Jharkhand's minister Sudivya Kumar stirred controversy by demanding Himachal CM's resignation following the Pahalgam terror attack. Later when he tried to clarify his remarks, he ended up taking the name of PDP chief Mahbooba Mufti instead of Omar Abdullah who is the chief minister of J&K.
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