How Does Military Intelligence Work? Pahalgam Attack Aftermath
In this episode of 'In Our Defence', Dev Goswami talks to Major Manik M Jolly about his time in military intelligence, how to gather information after a major terrorist attack like Pahalgam, and how accurate is the "intelligence failure" question that is being asked.
Produced by Prateek Lidhoo
Sound mix by Suraj Singh
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Time of India
2 hours ago
- Time of India
After Operation Sindoor, Bhutto turns into a boor, calls Modi a cheap version of Netanyahu
The TOI correspondent from Washington: An indirect war of words erupted between Indian and Pakistani delegations on Wednesday as they arrived separately in the US capital to present their respective versions of the Pahalgam terrorist attack, Operation Sindoor , and the Kashmir issue , and the growing rift between the two nations. The spat was triggered by gratuitous remarks by Bilawal Bhutto, leader of the Pakistani delegation, who at a press conference at the United Nations in New York, likened Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a "Temu version of (Benjamin) Netanyahu...a poor copy" as he sought to draw parallels between India's punitive response to Pahalgal and Israeli actions in Gaza. Temu is a Chinese ecommerce website/app that sells discounted merchandize. The Indian delegation wasted no time smacking back. "Pakistan is a country that is surviving with inferior products borrowed from China, including military hardware. It must be hurting to see authentic, high-caliber military hardware and also strong democratic leadership on the other side of the border," clapped back Tejasvi Surya, a member of the Indian team, as it arrived in Washington DC and began meetings with US lawmakers, think-tanks, and social media influencers. "A country that is busy creating fake heroes, by promoting failed Generals, will never know what true leaders look like," Surya added. Shashi Tharoor, leader of the Indian delegation, appeared to have anticipated the clash, almost with a sense of relish, noting as the team arrived in Washington DC that the Pakistanis would also be there at the same time "so there's going to be perhaps an increase in interest because there are two duelling delegations in the same city." But Bhutto was down for the count even before got to Washington when he was ambushed at the UN as he tried to enlist sympathetic journalists with planted questions aimed at amplifying Pakistan's narrative about India's treatment of Muslims. Embarrassingly for him, a reporter called him out saying he had watched the briefings on both sides and "as far as I recall, there were Muslim Indian military officers who were conducting the briefings on the Indian side. " Bhutto also claimed that Pakistan radars had locked into 20 Indian jets on the night of May 7 and "If we wanted, we could've taken down all 20," but Pakistan showed restraint and"only 6 were shot down — the ones that launched strikes." He also rolled out the familiar trope about Pakistan being a "victim of terrorism" -- in a city where Pakistani nationals Ramzi Yousuf and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed launched attacks on the World Trade Center in 1993 and 2001. (more to follow)
The Wire
4 hours ago
- The Wire
Govt Nixes Opposition Demand for Special Session by Early Announcement of Monsoon Session Dates
New Delhi: A day after 16 opposition parties penned a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding that a special session of parliament be convened to discuss the Pahalgam terror attack, Operation Sindoor and subsequent developments, the Union government on Wednesday (June 4) effectively nixed the demand by announcing the dates for the monsoon session unusually early. While the government did not directly respond to the opposition's demand, Union minister for parliamentary affairs Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday that 'the government has decided to recommend to (the) Honourable President to convene the monsoon session of parliament from July 21 to August 12.' On Tuesday, 16 opposition parties in their letter to Modi referred to 'serious questions' facing the nation about the attack, conflict, killing of civilians in Poonch, Uri, Rajouri and the ceasefire announcement, and the 'implications on our national security and foreign policy'. The letter also highlighted that the opposition has supported the government's efforts to engage with the international community on India's position and that the government has 'briefed foreign nations and the media but not the parliament'. Following Rijiju's announcement that the monsoon session will be held in July, opposition parties accused the government of 'running away' from parliament sessions. In a statement, TMC MP and the party's parliamentary leader in the Rajya Sabha, Derek O'Brien said that the government suffers from 'Parliamentophobia.' 'Parliamentophobia (noun). My word for the acute condition of a (Modi) government who have a morbid fear of facing Parliament. Running away from a Special Session,' he said. Congress MP and the party's general secretary media and communications in-charge Jairam Ramesh said that 'never have the dates been declared 47 days before a session is due.' 'This has been done solely to run away from the demand being made repeatedly by the Indian National Congress and the INDIA parties for an immediate special session to discuss the brutal Pahalgam attacks and the failure to bring the terrorists who did the killings themselves to justice, the impacts of Operation Sindoor and its blatant politicisation, the revelations of the CDS in Singapore, the hyphenation of India and Pakistan, the embedding of China in the Pakistan Air Force, the continuous claims of President Trump on mediation, and the numerous failures of our foreign policy and diplomatic engagements,' he said. The opposition has been demanding that the government come clean on US President Donald Trump's claims of having mediated the ceasefire between India and Pakistan on May 10 following four days of tense military conflict. While India has rejected this and said that the ceasefire was decided bilaterally, Trump has continued to make the claim including that he had brought the two countries back from the brink of a nuclear war by using trade as leverage. Just on Wednesday, leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at Modi and said that Trump had made him surrender to Pakistan by saying, ' The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused Gandhi of speaking the language of Pakistan and has now accused him of going a step further by making statements that even Pakistan is not. 'By making extremely cheap, low-level statements, the self-proclaimed, self-styled, supreme leader, the leader of opposition, Rahul Gandhi, is telling the world that even after becoming the LoP, he lacks seriousness and maturity that the post requires,' said BJP MP and national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi at a press conference on Wednesday. 'The manner in which Rahul Gandhi compared our armed forces' valour the briefing given by our armed forces on Operation Sindoor's success with surrender, shows how sick and dangerous his mentality has become.' The Wire has reported that while no special session has been held following terror attacks in the past and the decision to convene a parliament session rests with the government, during both the 1962 and 1971 wars, the parliament had been kept in loop. The parliament was also briefed after the last major terror attack on civilians – the Mumbai terror attack in November 2008 – as the winter session convened only days after the attack. The Wire is now on WhatsApp. Follow our channel for sharp analysis and opinions on the latest developments.
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Business Standard
4 hours ago
- Business Standard
Parliament's Monsoon session from July 21; Oppn demands special session
The Monsoon session of Parliament will be held from July 21 to August 12, Union minister Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday. The minister said the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, led by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, has recommended the dates, which will be sent to the President for convening the session. The INDIA bloc Opposition parties have demanded a special session to discuss Operation Sindoor. In a post on X, Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh said that normally the dates for a Parliament session are announced a few days in advance, but 'never have the dates been declared 47 days before a session is due'. Ramesh accused the government of announcing the Monsoon session dates much in advance 'to run away from the demand being made repeatedly' by the Opposition for 'an immediate special session to discuss the brutal Pahalgam attacks and the failure to bring the terrorists who did the killings themselves to justice, the impacts of Operation Sindoor and its blatant politicisation, the revelations of the CDS [Chief of Defence Staff] in Singapore, the hyphenation of India and Pakistan, the embedding of China in the Pakistan Air Force, the continuous claims of President Trump on mediation, and the numerous failures of our foreign policy and diplomatic engagements.' However, Rijiju said, 'Every session is a special session for us.' He added that under the rules, 'all important matters' can be discussed during the Monsoon session. The business advisory committees of both Houses will decide the issues to be taken up. The minister also said the government is committed to taking all political parties on board in moving an impeachment motion against Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court, adding that corruption in the judiciary cannot be approached through a 'political prism'. He said the government wants the exercise to remove Justice Varma—embroiled in a case of alleged corruption and indicted by a Supreme Court-appointed committee—to be a 'collaborative effort'. Rijiju said he would reach out to smaller parties, while all major parties had already been informed of the plan to bring a motion of impeachment. According to the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, once a motion to remove a judge is admitted in either House, the Speaker or the Chairperson, as the case may be, must constitute a three-member committee to investigate the grounds on which the removal—popularly known as impeachment—is sought. The committee consists of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) or a Supreme Court judge, the chief justice of one of the 25 high courts, and a 'distinguished jurist'. Rijiju said the present case is 'slightly different' as an in-house committee formed by then CJI Sanjiv Khanna has already submitted its report. 'So what is to be done in this matter, we will take a call,' he said. The minister added that the process must be followed, but how to 'integrate the inquiry already conducted' needs to be decided. Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien on Wednesday posted on X that the government is avoiding a special session, terming it 'Parliamentophobia (noun)', which he described as the acute condition of a government suffering from a morbid fear of facing Parliament. Speaking to reporters later, he said the government's announcement came a day after Opposition parties wrote a joint letter demanding a special session of Parliament. 'TMC has studied past announcements, and usually, the session is announced around 20 days ahead of the date of commencement. This time, they announced it 45 days ahead,' O'Brien said.
