Rahul Gandhi Monday hit out at External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar again for his remarks that India had informed Pakistan about targeting the terrorist infrastructure on its soil. This comes just two days after the Congress leader’s first remarks post Operation Sindoor and the ceasefire between the two countries.
In a post on X, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha termed Jaishankar’s “silence” as “damning”. Stating that it was “a crime”, and not just a lapse, to inform Pakistan “at the start of our attack”, Rahul reiterated his question, seeking to know how many aircraft did the IAF “lose as a result”.
“EAM Jaishankar’s silence isn’t just telling — it’s damning. So I’ll ask again: How many Indian aircraft did we lose because Pakistan knew?” his post read.
In his post on Saturday, wrote: “Informing Pakistan at the start of our attack was a crime. EAM has publicly admitted that GOI did it. Who authorised it? How many aircraft did our air force lose as a result?”.
Soon after Rahul’s post, the Ministry of External Affairs had responded to his statement, calling it a “misrepresentation of facts”. “External Affairs Minister had stated that we had warned Pakistan at the start, which is clearly the early phase after Op Sindoor’s commencement. This is being falsely represented as being before the commencement. This utter misrepresentation of facts is being called out,” the MEA said.
On Thursday, , we had sent a message to Pakistan saying we are striking at terrorists’ infrastructure. We are not striking at the military. So the military has an option of standing out and not interfering in this process. They chose not to take that good advice.”
Speaking to reporters, Jaishankar referred to a call made by Director General of Military Operations Lt General Rajiv Ghai to his Pakistani counterpart Major General Kashif Abdullah after Operation Sindoor.
On May 7, the Indian Armed Forces struck nine terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir between 1 am and 1.30 am.
