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Hans India
2 hours ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Cong demands spl Parl session on CDS' remarks
New Delhi: Congress leader Pawan Khera on Sunday raised a series of questions regarding the recent ceasefire between India and Pakistan, expressing concern over its sudden announcement, the role of the United States, and the implications of recent statements made by Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Anil Chauhan. 'Questions are arising every day, the biggest of them is Donald Trump's claims. We also want to know the conditions of the ceasefire, why was it so sudden and announced by the US President?' Khera said. 'The CDS' statements again raise many questions. The government needs to come forward... The country needs to know our defence preparedness.' Khera's remarks came after US President Donald Trump, on Friday (local time), claimed credit for brokering the ceasefire again, asserting that trade negotiations led by his administration helped prevent a nuclear war between India and Pakistan. Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was proud to have achieved peace through trade diplomacy instead of military conflict, reigniting debate over the US role in halting hostilities. The ceasefire followed a period of heightened tension after the Pahalgam terror attack and India's military retaliation through Operation Sindoor. Adding to the opposition's concerns, CDS Gen Anil Chauhan, in an interview with Reuters at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, acknowledged that the Indian Armed Forces suffered losses in the early stages of the operation. 'So, what I can say is, on May 7 and the initial stages, there were losses, but the numbers, that's not important. What was important is why did these losses occur, and what will we do after that? So we rectified the tactics and then went back on seventh, eighth and 10th, and 10th in large numbers, to hit their bases deep inside Pakistan, penetrated all their defences with impunity, with scattered opposition strikes,' Gen Chauhan said. On May 11, Director General Air Operations Air Marshal Bharti, when asked about aircraft losses, said, 'I can't comment about loss of aircraft as we are in a combat scenario and losses are part of combat.' Citing these developments, Khera reiterated the Congress party's longstanding demand for a special session of Parliament to discuss the ceasefire and national security. 'It was called during the war of 1962, but it's astonishing that now, even after the war has ended, there has been no Parliament session,' he said. Earlier in the day, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh echoed Khera's demand and criticised the government for not briefing opposition leaders properly. Referring to Gen Chauhan's comments from Singapore, Ramesh said, 'It would have been better that what he has spoken, the Defence Minister should have said in the two all-party meetings he had chaired... Whatever Gen Chauhan has said, this information should have been shared with the Opposition leaders, and a special session of the Parliament should have been convened.
The Hindu
4 hours ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Top military officials from India, Pakistan share views at Shangri-La Dialogue
Top military officials from India and Pakistan highlighted their views at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, billed as Asia's premier defence forum, amid heightened tensions between the two sides following last month's military confrontation. The longstanding tensions between the two neighbours grabbed attention at the gathering of the top global defence forum held from Friday to Sunday, reported Channel News Asia on Sunday. India accused Pakistan-based terror groups of a deadly attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam in April, while Pakistan denies any involvement. And just as these nations sit next to each other geographically, some of their top generals sat in neighbouring conference rooms inside the Shangri-La Singapore, taking part in simultaneous sessions late on Saturday afternoon on topics ranging from defence innovation solutions to regional crisis-management mechanisms. "What India has done, politically, they have drawn a new red line of intolerance against terror," General Anil Chauhan, Chief of Defence Staff with the Indian Armed Forces, said, referring to Operation Sindoor. "I hope, this particular operation, it's basically lying in military domain, that should bring about some lessons for our adversary also, and hopefully they learn that this is a limit of India's tolerance," Gen Chauhan said. "We have been subjected to this proxy war of terror for almost two decades and more, and we lost lot of want to put an end to it," he said. Operation Sindoor was launched early on May 7 to destroy nine terror infrastructures in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in retaliation to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 people dead. All subsequent retaliations to Pakistani offensives were carried out under this operation. The four-day military conflict between India and Pakistan ended with an understanding on stopping the military actions on May 10. General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Pakistan Armed Forces, warned of what could happen should another clash occur. "The strategic stability with the lowering of this threshold to the dangerous levels if next time such a conflict occurs and the cities are targeted first and the borders become irrelevant... there could be a possibility that before the international community intervenes because of the restricted or constricted times window, the damage and destruction may have already taken place," he said at the event. In the wake of the recent hostilities, both sides have moved from weapons to words, with India dispatching several delegations to visit more than 30 capitals across the world. A similar effort by Pakistan is set to start on June 2. The Channel also had a member of the multi-party Indian delegation that visited East and Southeast Asia during a stop in Singapore on May 27. Congress party leader and former external affairs minister Salman Khurshid agreed with the views that the effort is unprecedented. "It is an innovation, in a sense. And the fact that there are multi-party delegations, seven of them across the world, to all members of the (UN) Security Council and prospective members of the Security Council. In that sense, it is unprecedented, and we've got enormous support," he was quoted as saying. "You might even put it as something that has started, something that will at least ensure that our narrative is carried right through," he said. And that narrative is firmly focused on India's accusations that Pakistan isn't doing nearly enough to snuff out terrorism, according to the Channel report. General Mirza told the Channel in a wide-ranging interview that Pakistan is taking on terrorism on its soil and working to tackle cross-border terrorism from groups based in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. Mirza said terrorism has cost his country hundreds of billions of dollars and tens of thousands of lives. India and Pakistan's 96-hour confrontation was seen as a test of the rivals' respective weapons systems, including French-made Rafale fighter jets and Chinese-made J10-C jets, armed with Chinese-made missiles, according to the Channel report. But the top generals on both sides have said their military forces can pick and choose when it comes to their firepower. "India doesn't depend on one nation for its defence needs,' said General Chauhan. "It's a number of capabilities which were put together, and most of these capabilities were put to good effects,' he was quoted as saying. General Mirza told the Channel that his country's capabilities include weapons from China and many other places. "I have military equipment from the US. I have military equipment from Turkiye. I have military equipment from Italy. I have military equipment from the UK," he listed. "We have the equipment from all equipment-producing countries." In addition, both sides relied on drones while also facing serious threats in the form of disinformation. But global concern was firmly fixed on the unconventional weapons they both possess, the ones that can cause widespread destruction and loss of life. The countries continue to maintain that the use of nuclear weapons was never on the table, with Pakistani officials, including General Mirza dismissing reports that Islamabad called a meeting of the National Command Authority, the body that oversees Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. "The tools of modern conflict are artificial intelligence, electronic warfare, cyber, precision, firepower and weapons," Mirza said.
Mint
13 hours ago
- Politics
- Mint
India went 300 kms inside Pakistan, and penetrated with ‘pinpoint accuracy' says CDS Anil Chauhan
Indian Armed Forces Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Anil Chauhan said that India went 300kms inside Pakistan during Operation Sindoor and penetrated with 'pinpoint accuracy.' Adding to new details about Operation Sindoor, CDS Chauhan further added that the coveted operation has drawn a 'new red line' of intolerance against terror. CDS Anil Chauhan made the comments during an interview with Bloomberg TV on Saturday, while attending the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. 'We were able to penetrate air defence as long as 300 km with pinpoint accuracy and targets, airfields and infrastructure, deep inside Pakistan," said General Anil Chauhan. In this image posted by @HQ_IDS_India via X on May 31, 2025, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan during a meeting with Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command Admiral Samuel J Paparo, on the sidelines of the 22nd Shangri La Dialogue, in Singapore From Pakistan's Muzaffarabad to Bahawalpur, India struck key terror hubs long believed to harbour Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad operatives on May 7 – the DGMOs had said during earlier briefings on Operation Sindoor. Chauhan also downplayed Pakistan's claims about the effectiveness of weaponry deployed from China and other countries, saying they 'didn't work." He added that Operation Sindoor had drawn a 'new red line' of intolerance against terror. Multiple reports had already been doing the rounds about Indian fighter jets downed during the conflict with Pakistan. Without going into specifications, CDS Chauhan said India swiftly rectified its 'tactical mistakes.' CDS Chauhan added that India learnt from the incident and resumed high-precision strikes deep in Pakistani territory. 'The good part is that we are able to understand the tactical mistake which we made, remedy it, rectify it, and then implement it again after two days and flew all our jets again, targeting at long range,' Chauhan said. Apart from elaborating on the mistakes made, and the lessons learnt by India, CDS Anil Chauhan flagged Pakistan's claims that it shot down six Indian warplanes as 'absolutely incorrect." Without getting into further details about Indian fighter planes being downed, Chauhan added: 'What is important is that, not the jet being down, but why they were being down. 'Why they were down, what mistakes were made — that are important,' Chauhan said when asked about the fighter jets.'Numbers are not important,' he added. India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting at least nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. This was a retaliation to the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed the lives of 26 people. The cross-border strikes sparked four days of heavy clashes between India and Pakistan, which eventually came to a halt following a mutual understanding to cease military actions on May 10.
India Gazette
15 hours ago
- Politics
- India Gazette
India's top general responds to Pakistan's claim that it downed six jets
The chief of defense staff acknowledged some "mistakes" in the standoff but emphasized that New Delhi's tactics were "rectified" In his first interview with international media since the four-day military standoff with Islamabad last month, Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan said on Saturday that India had changed its tactics after an initial "mistake" and established an advantage over Pakistan. "What is important is not a jet being downed but why they were being downed. The good part is that we were able to understand the tactical mistakes that we've made, remediate, and rectify them, and implement them again - we flew all our jets, again targeting [sites in Pakistan] at long range," General Chauhan told Bloomberg on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore, without providing any details regarding military losses. When asked to respond to the Pakistani military's claim that it had downed six Indian jets, he said it was "absolutely incorrect." In another interview with Reuters, General Chauhan reiterated that India had switched tactics after suffering losses on the first day of the conflict, when it launched strikes against what it called "terrorist infrastructure" sites in Pakistan on May 7. "What was important is, why did these losses occur, and what will we do after that?" he told Reuters. "So we rectified tactics and then went back on the 7th, 8th, and 10th in large numbers to hit air bases deep inside Pakistan, penetrated all their air defenses with impunity, and carried out precision strikes," he added. New Delhi has previously rejected Islamabad's claims while refraining from commenting on alleged losses on its side. "We are in a combat scenario; losses are a part of combat. The question you must ask us is... have we achieved our objective of decimating the terrorist camps? And the answer is a thumping yes. The results are for the whole world to see," the Indian Air Force's Director General of Air Operations (DGAO) Air Marshal Bharti said, commenting on allegations that warplanes were lost during the media briefing on May 11, a day after New Delhi and Islamabad announced a ceasefire. India launched military action against targets in Pakistan on May 7 in response to the April 22 massacre of 26 people in Pahalgam, in India's Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which New Delhi blamed on an Islamabad-sponsored terrorist organization.
Time of India
16 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Congress seeks urgent Parliament session over defence chief's disclosure on Operation Sindoor
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel The Congress on Sunday demanded the immediate convening of a special session of Parliament to discuss the military and foreign policy strategy in the wake of revelations made by Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Congress also demanded that the government take all parties and the nation into confidence and discuss India's defence preparedness and strategy after Operation Sindoor Congress general secretary, communications, Jairam Ramesh said the prime minister or the defence minister should have informed the opposition leaders in the all-party meeting what Gen Chauhan has stated in Singapore."The Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan has made some important statements on Operation Sindoor in, of all places, Singapore. It would have been better if the prime minister or the raksha mantri had briefed opposition leaders first in an all-party meeting.""Gen Chauhan's statements strengthen the case for the immediate convening of the Parliament to discuss larger strategic foreign policy and economic issues in the post Operation Sindoor era," Ramesh told Saturday, Gen Chauhan in Singapore said that India rectified tactics and hit deep inside Pakistani territory after suffering losses of aircraft in the recent military clashes with Pakistan. He also dismissed as "absolutely incorrect" Islamabad's claim of downing six Indian Chauhan, in an interview with Bloomberg TV, said India flew all its jets and carried out high-precision strikes to hit back at Pakistan after ascertaining the reasons for the initial said it is a matter of concern that such statements are coming from the CDS from Singapore, of all places."Why couldn't the prime minister have briefed opposition leaders?" he asked while referring to the statements of Gen Chauhan."We have been demanding all-party meetings and a special session of parliament precisely for this purpose," he also reiterated his demand for a special review committee on the lines of one set up after the Kargil war on India's defence said three days after the Kargil war ended, the then Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, had set up a Kargil Review Committee headed by the father of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and the report was tabled and discussed in Parliament asked whether such a committee was being set up now, especially in the wake of the Chief of Defence Staff's statements about the "losses."In his interview, the CDS declined to specify the losses in terms of numbers but pointed out the fact that the Indian military struck deep inside Pakistani territory, which New Delhi said, forced Islamabad to plead to stop the comments by the top military officer are the Indian military's first clear acknowledgement of losses in the four-day army clashes with the neighbouring media and publicity department head Pawan Khera said, "These issues should be discussed by calling a Special Session, taking everyone in confidence...""As America announced a ceasefire, the leaders went abroad to discuss Operation Sindoor. Who will answer the questions? The answers should not come from the armed forces, but the government," he said the armed forces are strong and they did what was required, but asked under what pressure the 'ceasefire' was done."Where are the terrorists of the Pahalgam attack? What were the conditions for the ceasefire? What CDS said was shocking. Now there should be clarity. They should call the Special Session and answer the questions," Khera asked, as he posed several questions to the Deputy Leader in the Rajya Sabha Pramod Tiwari, also said that the public deserves a cohesive answer on the latest armed conflict."The entire country is asking, the leaders are speaking differently, on the other hand, the CDS spoke otherwise abroad, accepting that our jet was downed. The government should clarify."That is why we are demanding a Special Session of Parliament for talks, and an all-party meeting can be called. The PM, on the other hand, has been bent on politicising the valour shown by the armed forces in four days," he President Mallikarjun Kharge had on Saturday accused the government of misleading the nation on the India-Pakistan also said his party demands a comprehensive review of India's defence preparedness by an independent expert committee.
