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Prithviraj Chavan (PTI image)
NEW DELHI: A governmental tempest erupted connected Tuesday aft erstwhile Maharashtra main curate and elder Congress person Prithviraj Chavan claimed that India was “completely defeated” connected the archetypal time of Operation Sindoor, portion questioning the behaviour of the subject operation. His remarks triggered crisp disapproval from the BJP.Speaking to reporters successful Pune, Chavan alleged that India suffered setbacks connected the archetypal time of the operation.
“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. If immoderate craft had taken disconnected from Gwalior, Bathinda, oregon Sirsa, determination was a precocious probability of being changeable down by Pakistan, which is wherefore the Air Force was afloat grounded,” Chavan said.
The Congress person further alleged that Operation Sindoor, progressive lone aerial and rocket warfare and saw nary crushed question by the 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 the aboriginal too, wars volition beryllium fought successful the aforesaid way. 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?” helium said.
Reacting powerfully to Chavan’s remarks, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla accused the Congress of repeatedly disrespecting the
Indian Armed Forces
and undermining nationalist information operations.In a station connected X, Poonawalla wrote that the statements made by the erstwhile Maharashtra main curate were “shocking” and targeted the Air Force and the equipped forces.
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He said, “Shocking Controversial statements by legislature connected Air Force and Armed Forces By Prithviraj Chavan. He says connected 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. In the aboriginal too, wars volition beryllium fought successful the aforesaid way. 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?”He further alleged that the Congress “hates Indian Armed Forces” and said “Sena ka apman is Congress ki pehchaan,” adding that the enactment has a past of questioning subject actions, from “Sadak ka gunda to doubting Sindoor / Surgical Strike/ Balakote and adjacent Op Mahadev.”Operation Sindoor was launched by India connected May 7, targeting panic infrastructure heavy wrong Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The cognition was carried retired successful retaliation for the April 22 panic onslaught successful Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, successful which 26 civilians were killed.
