
NEW DELHI: A day after the Indian cricket crew gained the Asia Cup Championship, political row erupted over PM Modi‘s congratulatory remarks, with Congress terming the Operation Sindoor point out “inappropriate”.Soon after the win, PM Modi posted on X final night time saying, “#OperationSindoor on the games field. Outcome is the same – India wins! Congrats to our cricketers.”The publish drew flak from Congress, with Pawan Khera writing a direct publish to PM Modi saying, “Prime Minister, firstly, comparing a cricket match to a battlefield is not appropriate.” Further taking a jibe on the PM and not directly hinting at Trump’s repeated ceasefire claims, Khera added, “Secondly, if you must make such a comparison, you need to learn from the Indian team that when youâre close to victory, good captains donât call for a ceasefire just because a third umpire says so.“This was the newest in collection of forwards and backwards amongst politicians. Earlier within the day, different Congress leaders had additionally taken jabs on the Prime minister. “”Sometimes I doubt if PM Modi has any information of international coverage and diplomacy. If we performed, we should always have performed with sportsman spirit,” Atul Londhe Patil told news agency PTI. “”If Operation Sindoor is ongoing, then we shouldn’t have played. And if discussions are ongoing to normalise the situation, then sports can be a medium to improve it, but linking everything with Operation Sindoor is not right,” Patil added. Maharashtra Congress president Harshvardhan Sakpal additionally reacted to the Prime Ministerâs publish. He mentioned: âIt is clear from his tweet that, be it air, water, or sports, he brings politics into everything to polarise. We take pride in Indiaâs victory, but we haven’t won the Asia Cup for the first time. There is a certain dignity of a country which he doesn’t maintain, and I regret this.âShiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for linking Indiaâs Asia Cup victory over Pakistan with Operation Sindoor, warning that match proceeds might be diverted to fund terror actions throughout the border. Speaking to ANI, Chaturvedi had mentioned that the Asia Cup video games between India and Pakistan âshould not have happenedâ within the first place, questioning why India selected to play Pakistan regardless of its said âzero tolerance for terrorâ coverage. âIn the primary place, this match ought to not have occurred. The cricket match that BCCI performed for the good thing about PCB… the match that befell for the income of the broadcasters. The 140 crore folks of the nation did not need this match to occur,” she added.Also learn: Congress slams PM Modi’s publish after India’s Asia Cup win; row over taking part in matchOn the other hand, BJP had also taken jabs at Congress for not making a statement on India’s win. “It appears Indiaâs beautiful win towards Pakistan within the Asia Cup last has left Rahul Gandhi and the whole Congress in a comatose state. Just like after #OperationSindoor, after they couldnât deliver themselves to congratulate the Indian Army for its stupendous strikes, they now seem like ready for permission from Mohsin Naqvi and their different handlers in Pakistan earlier than becoming a member of the nation in celebrating the Indian cricket crewâs success,” mentioned Amit Malviya.“Put that apart â not even a single social media publish from Congress congratulating our nationwide crew for thrashing Pakistan thrice within the match and bringing the Asia Cup house. Once once more, Pakistan, Rahul Gandhi, and Congress discover themselves on the identical aspect of the divide,” he additional added.India gained the Asia Cup with the ultimate towards Pakistan on Sunday by 5 wickets.