The Pakistan-backed terrorists who shot dead 26 civilians in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam continue to be free as they might join the ruling BJP, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said on Friday.“The terrorists must have joined the BJP. Perhaps, this why they are still free. The six Pahalgam terrorists are not being caught because one day, you might get a press note from the BJP office saying those six people have joined the BJP,” Raut, whose party is a former BJP ally, told reporters.Also, the Rajya Sabha member accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “politicizing” Operation Sindoor, the retaliatory anti-terror operation conducted by the Indian armed forces in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.“Our soldiers carried out this operation, but there is a competition to take credit for it, and our prime minister is at the forefront of it. Nobody can go and give the sacred Sindoor (vermillion) to anyone…if you send BJP workers to the women, then you are insulting Sindoor,” he stated.Raut’s fresh remarks come days after he called Operation Sindoor a “failure,” and demanded Union home minister Amit Shah’s resignation over his failure to prevent the Pahalgam attack.Also Read | ‘Operation Sindoor was a failure’: Sanjay Raut“Operation Sindoor was a failure. However, in the interest of the nation, we, the opposition, are not talking about it. Why was it needed? Because terrorists widowed 26 women in Pahalgam. Home minister Amit Shah is responsible for this…he should resign from his post. Or, Prime Minister Narendra Modi should sack him (Shah),” the Shiv Sena (UBT) MP said on Tuesday.