"Opposition Made U Turn..."BJP, Congress face off in Parliament over stalled Op Sindoor discussion
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Time of India
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- Time of India
Parliament Monsoon session: Priyanka, Akhilesh & Kanimozhi target government over Pahalgam attack
NEW DELHI: Charges of lack of "govt accountability" for repeated terror attacks , ceasefire under pressure and govt's refusal to "name" China echoed in LS as Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra , SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and DMK's Kanimozhi led the charge in targeting BJP over the Pahalgam attack and the conflict with Pakistan. Priyanka mocked that Pulwama, Uri, Pathankot terror attacks took place under then home minister Rajnath Singh, who later became the defence minister, while Manipur and Delhi burnt in riots and Pahalgam attack happened under Amit Shah, who continues to be home minister. Akhilesh said Pahalgam happened just like the Pulwama attack, with the same intelligence failure at its heart. He questioned the abrupt ceasefire just when India was on the verge of teaching a lifetime lesson to Pakistan. He attributed the ceasefire to "deep friendship", without naming Modi or Trump. About the killing of three terrorists coinciding with the Parliament debate, Akhilesh asked "why did the encounter happen only yesterday?" Opposition also slammed BJP for using the Pahalgam tragedy for "communal campaign". In a bizarre scene, as Priyanka named the 25 victims of Pahalgam "who were Indian", BJP members shouted they were all Hindus. The speech ended with her naming them, and Congress and BJP benches shouting "Indian" and "Hindu" respectively in loud chorus. tnn
Time of India
37 minutes ago
- Time of India
Parliament Monsoon session: Congress gagged Shashi Tharoor, Manish Tewari, suggests PM Modi
NEW DELHI: The absence of Shashi Tharoor and Manish Tewari from the list of speakers fielded by Congress for debate on Operation Sindoor took a different dimension Tuesday, with PM Modi suggesting the duo, who were part of all-party delegations sent abroad, have been "gagged" by their party leadership. In his reply to the debate in LS, the PM said members of all-party delegations sensitised the international community to Pakistan's use of terrorism as a weapon against India and the necessity for Operation Sindoor but "it seems some of them have been prevented from speaking". Suggesting Congress members were under pressure, Modi told them "not to cave to pressure from one family to give clean chit to Pakistan". This was widely seen as reference to Tharoor and Tewari who defied Congress to be part of govt's global outreach. The speculation about Congress leadership's annoyance being the reason for them being left on the bench despite their familiarity with international affairs, gathered force on Tuesday after Tewari posted on X, "Bharat ka rehne wala hun, Bharat ki baat sunata hun," and shared a report from a news portal on him and Tharoor not participating in the debate. Tewari told reporters on Parliament campus, "If you don't understand my silences, you will never understand my words." While Tharoor refused to comment on the issue telling reporters he was on "maun vrat", sources said the Thiruvananthapuram MP was approached by Congress at a late stage with the offer to speak, but he turned down the offer. BJP MP Anurag Thakur said Tharoor and Tewari were not being allowed to speak by 'Rahul-occupied Congress'.
Time of India
42 minutes ago
- Time of India
'PM Modi surrendered to Pakistan, using military to protect image': Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha
NEW DELHI: Accusing of using the defence forces to "protect his image", leader of opposition in LS on Tuesday said govt "surrendered" before by telling it within moments of that it did not intend to escalate or attack military installations. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now He said Modi had "blood of people of Pahalgam" on his hands, and he sent the air force to "protect his image". Rahul asked the PM to realise "the nation is above your image" and not to "sacrifice the armed forces and national interests for your own petty political gains". Rahul said govt showed a lack of political will and did not give the forces "freedom of operation", and cited US President Donald Trump claiming 29 times that he forced a "ceasefire" between India and Pakistan. More than once, he challenged the PM to announce that Trump is a liar and did not force "ceasefire" and India did not lose any planes, egging Modi to say this if "you have even 50% courage of Indira Gandhi". Rahul said Modi govt avoided naming "China" in its remarks, but the reality is that India fought Pakistan fused with China militarily, reminding he was laughed at when he had warned about it earlier in LS. "Govt thought they were fighting Pakistan... but realised they were fighting China," he said, quoting Lt Gen Rahul Singh's recent revelations that Pakistan was getting live battlefield information from China. "If you had listened to me, you would not have lost five planes. " He said govt should not allow India to become a "battlefield for big powers". He cited the revelations of CDS Anil Chauhan and defence attache in Indonesia Captain Shiv Kumar, even as he urged the CDS to come out with a statement that the forces were hobbled by the political brass. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now "May be Rajnath does not understand what he revealed... that DGMO was told by govt to ask for ceasefire at 1.35am on the day of operation... surrender in 30 minutes," Rahul said. He said Rajnath's comparison of the 1971 war and Operation Sindoor was jarring because then PM Indira Gandhi had rebuffed US President Richard Nixon and the US seventh fleet, and finished the job. He was severe on EAM S Jaishankar, whose claim of "new normal" and of govt having deterred Pakistan was picked apart with the argument that Pahalgam mastermind and Pakistan army chief Feild Marshal Asim Munir was hosted by Trump in the White House for lunch, while the US Central Command head is presently having a discussion with Munir on how to fight terrorism.
