'Rahul hates India': BJP cites Tharoor's remarks again; what Congress MP said

NEW DELHI: BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla connected Saturday accused Congress person Rahul Gandhi of putting “family interests supra nationalist interest” portion defending Operation Sindoor.

He cited Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s remarks to antagonistic Opposition disapproval of the subject operation.In a station connected X, the BJP person wrote: “Once again a information cheque for Rahul Gandhi & his ilk similar Prithviraj Chavan from Shashi Tharoor. Shows them a reflector connected their fake narratives astir Op Sindoor & ‘surrender’ narrative.”

Referring to comments made earlier by Tharoor, Poonawalla said adjacent leaders from the Opposition had acknowledged that nationalist information issues should emergence supra partisan politics.“Foreign argumentation is not of the BJP oregon Congress, but of India. If idiosyncratic successful authorities rejoices astatine the decision of a Prime Minister, they are celebrating the decision of India.”Using the remark to onslaught the Congress leadership, Poonawalla added: “Sadly Rahul Gandhi puts parivarik involvement supra India’s interest. In his hatred for BJP — helium hates India.”This is not the archetypal clip the BJP spokesperson has cited Shashi Tharoor to people the Opposition.

Earlier, Poonawalla had referred to Tharoor’s nonfiction criticising dynastic authorities to instrumentality purpose astatine the Gandhi household and the Congress leadership. Describing the portion arsenic “insightful”, Poonawalla had hailed the Congress MP arsenic a “Khatron ke Khiladi” for openly questioning governmental succession wrong his ain party.

'Completely defeated': Prithviraj Chavan aft Operation Sindoor

The BJP’s crisp effect comes amid a governmental tempest triggered by remarks from elder Congress person and erstwhile Maharashtra main minister Prithviraj Chavan, who earlier this period claimed that India was “completely defeated” connected the archetypal time of Operation Sindoor.Speaking to reporters successful Pune, Chavan had said: “On the archetypal time (of Operation Sindoor) we were wholly defeated. In the half-hour aerial engagement that took spot connected the 7th, we were afloat defeated, whether radical judge it oregon not. Indian craft were changeable down. The Air Force was wholly grounded, and not a azygous craft flew.”

He further questioned the quality of modern warfare and the size of India’s equipped forces.“Recently, we saw during Operation Sindoor, determination was not adjacent a one-kilometre question of the military… Whatever happened implicit 2 oregon 3 days was lone an aerial warfare and rocket warfare. In specified a situation, bash we truly request to support an service of 12 lakh soldiers, oregon tin we marque they bash immoderate different work?”The comments drew beardown disapproval from the BJP, which accused the Congress of repeatedly undermining the equipped forces.

Responding connected X earlier, Poonawalla had said the statements were “shocking” and alleged that the Congress had a past of questioning subject actions, adding: “Sena ka apman is Congress ki pehchaan.”Chavan, however, refused to apologise for his remarks, insisting that helium had a law close to question authorities actions.“Why volition I apologise? It is retired of the question. The Constitution gives maine the close to inquire questions,” helium said.

Rahul Gandhi cites Donald Trump connected Operation Sindoor

The BJP has besides linked the contention to Rahul Gandhi’s earlier remarks connected Operation Sindoor, successful which the Congress person cited US President Donald Trump’s claims and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi halted subject enactment nether outer pressure.Gandhi had said: “Trump dialled PM Modi and said: Sunn… yeh jo tu kar raha hai isko 24 ghante ke andar set kar… aur Narendra Modi ne paanch ghante ke andar saara ka saara rok diya.”

(Listen… immoderate you’re doing, halt it wrong 24 hours, and Narendra Modi stopped everything wrong 5 hours.)The authorities has repeatedly rejected this claim. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told Parliament that Prime Minister Modi and Trump had nary calls during the play successful question, portion PM Modi himself said successful the Lok Sabha: “No satellite person asked for suspension of Operation Sindoor.”Operation Sindoor was launched by India connected May 7, targeting panic infrastructure heavy wrong Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, successful retaliation for the April 22 panic onslaught successful Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, successful which 26 civilians were killed.