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News18
7 hours ago
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- News18
Tharoor Reacts To Congress Colleague's Criticism Of Him: 'When We Get Back To India...'
Last Updated: Shashi Tharoor has been facing criticism from his party colleagues over his remarks abroad in support of the Centre. He has reacted to a query on swipes by Congress leaders. Days after party leader Jairam Ramesh's 'our MPs are roaming" remark, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Saturday (local time) that he will speak with his colleagues once he returns to India and is currently focusing on conveying India's message regarding terrorism on global stages. Tharoor's remarks came in response to a media query regarding criticism of his remarks abroad by his own party members. The Congress MP is leading one of the seven all-party delegations to several nations, including the US, which is their next stop after their Brazil visit. The government has sent delegations to different parts of the world as part of its global outreach to expose Pakistan and India's stance on terrorism in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack. When asked about the swipes by his party leaders upon his arrival in Brazil, Tharoor said, 'I think this is a time now for us to focus on our mission. Undoubtedly, in a thriving democracy, there are bound to be comments and criticisms, but I think at this point we can't afford to dwell on them. When we get back to India, no doubt we'll have our chance to speak to our colleagues, critics, media there. But right now we're focused on the countries we're coming to and getting the message out to the people here." #WATCH — ANI (@ANI) June 1, 2025 Last month, while criticising the government, Jairam Ramesh had said, 'Our MPs are roaming and terrorists (involved in the Pahalgam terror attack) are also roaming." While the Congress had earlier supported the government's action after the Pahalgam terror attack, it later shifted its tone — asking the government to explain why a ceasefire was agreed to and what role the US played in it. Tharoor's support for the government and the decision to make him head of an Indian delegation upset some Congress leaders. Senior party member Jairam Ramesh even said Tharoor's views did not reflect the Congress party's official position. Despite this, the government went ahead and picked him for the delegation, even though the Congress didn't include his name in its own list of suggestions. Tharoor's remarks in Panama created another discomfort among Congress, after which the party dubbed him 'superspokesperson of the BJP". 'What has changed in recent years is that the terrorists have also realised they will have a price to pay. On that, let there be no doubt. When, for the first time, India breached the Line of Control between India and Pakistan to conduct a surgical strike on a terror base, a launchpad – the Uri strike in September 2015. That was already something we had not done before," Tharoor had said in Panama. 'Even during the Kargil War, we had not crossed the Line of Control; in Uri, we did, and then came the attack in Pulwama in January 2019. This time, we crossed not only the Line of Control but also the international border, and we struck the terrorist headquarters in Balakot. This time, we have gone beyond both of those. We have not only gone beyond the Line of Control and the international border. We have struck at the Punjabi heartland of Pakistan by hitting terror bases, training centres, terror headquarters in nine places," he had noted. First Published: June 01, 2025, 15:08 IST
Scroll.in
a day ago
- Politics
- Scroll.in
Congress demands special Parliament session after military chief's statement on Operation Sindoor
The Congress on Saturday demanded a special Parliament session to discuss the four-day conflict with Pakistan, accusing the Union government of 'misleading the nation'. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said on social media that in the wake of the comments made by Chief Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, there were 'very important questions' that needed to be asked. 'These can only be done if a special Session of the Parliament is immediately convened,' Kharge added. On Saturday, in comments viewed by some as an acknowledgement of the Indian Air Force having lost aircraft during Operation Sindoor, Chauhan told Bloomberg that what was important was 'not the jet being down, but why they were being down '. '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,' the chief of defence staff was quoted as saying. However, he said that Pakistan's claims of having shot down six Indian Air Force fighter jets was 'absolutely incorrect'. The claims made by Islamabad have not been independently verified. Chauhan also told Reuters that India had suffered losses in the air in the 'initial stages', but that the tactics were rectified and the Air Force 'flew all types of aircraft with all types of ordinances' later during the conflict. Kharge also said on Saturday that the Congress was demanding a comprehensive review of India's defence preparedness by an independent expert committee, on lines of the survey conducted by the Kargil Review Committee. The committee was set up by the Union government after the 1999 Kargil War. The Congress chief also said that United States President Donald Trump had repeatedly claimed that Washington had brokered a ceasefire between India and Pakistan on May 10. 'This is a direct affront to the Simla Agreement,' the Congress leader said. In the wake of the remarks made by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) in Singapore in an interview, there are some very important questions which need to be asked. These can only be asked if a Special Session of the Parliament is immediately convened. The Modi Govt has misled the… — Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) May 31, 2025 Tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad escalated on May 7 when the Indian military carried out strikes – codenamed Operation Sindoor – on what it claimed were terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The strikes were in response to the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, which killed 26 persons on April 22. The Pakistan Army retaliated to Indian strikes by repeatedly shelling Indian villages along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. At least 22 Indian civilians and seven defence personnel were killed. India and Pakistan on May 10 reached an 'understanding' to halt firing following the four-day conflict. The announcement by Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri came minutes after Trump claimed on social media that New Delhi and Islamabad had agreed to the ceasefire. The US president had claimed that the ceasefire talks were mediated by Washington. However, India said that the decision to stop the firing was 'worked out directly between the two countries', a position New Delhi has maintained.
Deccan Herald
a day ago
- Politics
- Deccan Herald
Modi govt should come clean on military losses suffered during Op Sindoor: Congress amid CDS Chauhan's remark
In the wake of the remarks made by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) in Singapore in an interview, there are some very important questions which need to be asked. These can only be asked if a Special Session of the Parliament is immediately convened. The Modi Govt has misled the… — Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) May 31, 2025 On July 29, 1999, the Vajpayee Govt set up the Kargil Review Committee under the chairmanship of India's strategic affairs guru K. Subrahmanyam - whose son is now our External Affairs Minister. This was just three days after the Kargil War had ended. This Committee submitted its… — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) May 31, 2025
India Gazette
a day ago
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- India Gazette
Congress raises questions on losses to Armed Forces in Op Sindoor, questions Govt
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): The Congress party has raised questions about potential losses suffered by the Indian Armed Forces during Operation Sindoor. Citing an interview with a news agency, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Saturday questioned whether the centre would take steps to form a review committee in the light of information shared by General Anil Chahuan He recalled the efforts of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in 1999, when it formed a Kargil review committee under Indian journalist and international strategic affairs analyst K. Subrahmanyam, just three days after the war ended. 'On July 29, 1999, the Vajpayee Govt set up the Kargil Review Committee under the chairmanship of India's strategic affairs guru K. Subrahmanyam - whose son is now our External Affairs Minister. This was just three days after the Kargil War had ended. This Committee submitted its detailed report five months later. The report titled 'From Surprise to Reckoning' was then laid on the Table of both Houses of Parliament on February 23, 2000, after the necessary redactions. Will the Modi government now take a similar step in light of what the Chief of Defence Staff has just revealed in Singapore?' Ramesh said. Meanwhile, speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, the CDS admitted that the Armed Forces had suffered losses in the initial stages of the operation but then struck with impunity at Pakistan's bases. 'So what I can say is, on May 7 and the initial stages, there were losses, but the numbers and 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 was quoted as saying by Reuters. After India carried out strikes on Terror bases in Pakistan, the Pakistani side responded by attempting to target Defence and civilian installations in India. India then carried out another series of precision attacks, which saw the destruction of several Pakistani air bases. An understanding on the cessation of hostilities was then reached between the two sides on May 10. (ANI)
Deccan Herald
a day ago
- Politics
- Deccan Herald
Modi govt should come clean on military losses suffered during Op Sindoor: Congress amid CDS Chouhan's remark
On July 29, 1999, the Vajpayee Govt set up the Kargil Review Committee under the chairmanship of India's strategic affairs guru K. Subrahmanyam - whose son is now our External Affairs Minister. This was just three days after the Kargil War had ended. This Committee submitted its…
