'You'll Sit There For Next 20 Years': Shah Snaps As Oppn Heckles Jaishankar During Op Sindoor Debate

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Amit Shah said the opposition had faith in a foreign country rather than India's foreign minister, which is why they are sitting on opposition benches.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a scathing attack at the opposition parties for disrupting External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's address in Lok Sabha on Monday, saying they would rather believe some foreign country than the country's own foreign minister.
As opposition parties interrupted Jaishankar's speech, Shah got up and said, 'They (Opposition) don't have faith in an Indian Foreign Minister, but they have faith in some other country. I can understand the importance of foreigners in their party, but that does not mean that they should impose this on House proceedings."
'This is the reason why they are sitting there (opposition benches), and will remain sitting there for the next 20 years," the Home Minister further said.
Shah's furious response came after members of opposition parties began heckling Jaishankar and raised slogans, while the External Affairs Minister was defending the diplomatic measures taken by India before and during Operation Sindoor, in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22.
Shah rose again during Jaishankar's speech to chastise the Opposition for interrupting his speech and promised to expose their lies in the House tomorrow. 'When their Speakers were talking, we were listening to them patiently. I will inform you tomorrow how many lies have been told by them," he said.
'They are not able to listen to the truth… Even we can repeatedly interrupt speeches in the House, but when such an important issue is being discussed, and the EAM is speaking, does repeatedly disturbing him suit the opposition? Speaker sir, you should make them understand or else we will also not be able to make our members understand anything later," he said.
The Operation Sindoor debate has taken centre stage on Monday, with the Opposition demanding answers from the government over India's May 7 to 10 operation against Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack. The Opposition also looks to corner the government over the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 civilians were killed in cold blood.
Continuing the debate on Operation Sindoor, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will initiate the discussion in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Amit Shah will be the first speaker tomorrow in the Lok Sabha.
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