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20 May 2025, 13:50 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): CPI General Secretary D Raja on Wednesday backed Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for his remarks questioning the loss of aircraft during the Operation Sindoor and questioned why the Prime Minister does not open his mouth and speak on such a matter.
He further stated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should respect the parliamentary democracy. Parliament and the opposition.
'Rahul Gandhi is the leader of the opposition, and why not the Prime Minister open his mouth and speak on such a matter? It is not only Rahul Gandhi, but all political parties are asking many critical questions and demanding a special parliament session,' Raja told ANI.
'Although the DGMO had briefed, doesn't the Prime Minister have a responsibility to answer to the people's representatives? Then why do we have the parliament? BJP should respect the parliamentary democracy, the parliament and the opposition,' he further said.
On Monday, Rahul Gandhi again questioned External Affairs Minister Jaishankar, accusing him of being silent about how many aircraft the Indian Air Force lost during the operation. He said that the nation 'deserves the truth.'
'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? This wasn't a lapse. It was a crime. And the nation deserves the truth,' Rahul Gandhi posted on X.
Congress MP Manickam Tagore endorsed his leader and said that the nation deserves the truth and Parliament deserves accountability.
Earlier, Rahul Gandhi in his post on X, alleged wrongdoing by the government, stating: 'Informing Pakistan at the start of our attack was a crime. EAM has publicly admitted that the GOI did it. Who authorised it? How many aircraft did our air force lose as a result?'
Calling this statement an 'utter misrepresentation of facts,' the Ministry of External Affairs had said that the EAM had stated that the government warned Pakistan at 'the early phase after Operation Sindoor's commencement' and not before it.
India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 in response to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that left 26 civilians dead. As part of the operation, Indian Armed Forces targeted terror infrastructure deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, eliminating over 100 terrorists linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Hizbul Mujahideen. (ANI)
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