New Delhi: The debate on Operation Sindoor in Parliament was a free for all, with the Central government and Opposition going hammer and tongs at each other.
After senior ministers Rajnath Singh, S Jaishankar and Amit Shah had their say on the action taken against Pakistan and the negative vibes being propagated by Congress and other parties, it was the turn of Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi to address fellow members of Parliament.
He opened his speech with a fiery attack on the Centre, posing several questions on India-Pakistan tensions and the government’s handling of the operation. He also dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to publicly refute US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims of mediating a ceasefire between the two countries and call him a liar.
“Donald Trump said 29 times that he stopped the war. If PM has even 50 per cent of Indira Gandhi’s courage, he should stand up in Parliament and say ‘Donald Trump is lying, he never mediated any ceasefire’,” Rahul Gandhi said.
“If he has the courage, he will say here that Donald Trump is a liar… Why is the Prime Minister silent? If Trump is lying, say it. Say it in Parliament,” Rahul challenged.
अगर नरेंद्र मोदी में इंदिरा गांधी जैसी 50% भी हिम्मत है तो सदन में बोल दें कि ट्रंप सीजफायर को लेकर झूठ बोल रहे हैं।
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Rahul alleged that during heightened border tensions following Operation Sindoor, Pakistan demanded India’s surrender and that it was offered within just 30 minutes.
“The Government of India informed the Government of Pakistan that we have no political will, we don’t want to fight. We have simply carried out this action. Surrender was demanded, an immediate surrender within 30 minutes,” Rahul said.
Quoting Captain Shiv Kumar, India’s Defence Attache in Indonesia, Rahul said: “While I may not fully agree with the number of aircraft India is said to have lost, we did lose some. And that happened only because the political leadership had explicitly instructed the military not to strike Pakistan’s air defence systems or military installations. In other words, we launched an attack but tied our pilots’ hands.”
Target Rajnath
The Congress leader then took a dig at Defence minister Rajnath Singh.
“He (Rajnath) said that Operation Sindoor began at 1.05 in the morning.. and lasted 22 minutes. Then he said the most shocking thing — at 1.35, we called Pakistan and told them that we have hit non-military targets and we do not want escalation… Maybe he does not understand what he revealed,” Rahul said.
“The DGMO of India was told by the government of India to ask for a ceasefire at 1.35 at night itself on the night of Operation Sindoor… You directly told Pakistan your political will, that you do not have the political will to fight, that you do not want to fight,” he claimed.
He lashed out at the PM, saying “we do not need a Prime Minister who does not have the guts to say Donald Trump is a liar. Don’t let President Trump tell you that I stopped the war.”
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