Operation Sindoor: Rahul Gandhi questions Jaishankar’s ‘silence’, asks how many aircraft did we lose because Pakistan knew? | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday once more questioned exterior affairs minister S Jaishankar over Operation Sindoor, asking how many Indian aircraft had been misplaced in the course of the operation. “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?” Gandhi posted on X whereas resharing an earlier submit of himself. He added, “This wasn’t a lapse. It was a crime. And the nation deserves the truth.”Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) responded to Rahul’s submit and calling it “sinister.”“Rahul Gandhi’s daftness is not merely incidental—it is sinister. He is speaking the language of Pakistan,” BJP’s Amit Malviya stated in a submit on X. Gandhi had earlier, on May 17, shared an undated video of Jaishankar the place the minister is heard saying that India had warned Pakistan earlier than launching strikes on terror infrastructure. In that submit, Gandhi wrote, “Informing Pakistan at the start of our attack was a crime. EAM has publicly admitted that GOI did it.” He additionally requested, “Who authorised it? How many aircraft did our air force lose as a result?” Meanwhile, the ministry of exterior affairs (MEA) responded to Gandhi’s declare, calling it a “misrepresentation of facts.” The MEA stated the federal government had warned Pakistan within the “early phase after Operation Sindoor’s commencement” and never earlier than it started. It clarified that Jaishankar had stated, “We had warned Pakistan at the start, which is clearly the early phase after Op Sindoor’s commencement.” The ministry added, “This is being falsely represented as being before the commencement. This utter misrepresentation of facts is being called out.”Operation Sindoor was launched on May 7, focusing on terror bases in Pakistan in retaliation for the lethal Pahalgam terror assault on April 22.